Editorrsquos column

On behalf of Lawrenceutsav I would like to welcome everyone in and outside of

Kansas to celebrate Durga puja this year in Lawrence We have a 3-day event with

lots of cultural and social activities including cooking of authenticated ethnic

foods

We are a non-profit organization with limited resources But I feel pride in saying

that every member of our community shared hisher time be a part of the

celebration and some members have donated more money above subscription to

fulfill the cost

Thanks to all the advertisers and donorspatrons who have supported us financially

or otherwise to make this puja happen this year

Thanks to all the committee members and volunteers in different areas who have

helped us tremendously and without their help and support we could not have

celebrated this event

At the last I would like to mention that please forgiveignore all the small

shortcomings you may experience while you are enjoying the puja everyday with

your family and friends please do not make a big deal out of it rather Please help

us in maintaining a civil environment As a small community we are all experiencing a

tough time but we are trying our best to give you the finest puja this year

Wish you all a very happy VijayaDusserahNavaratri

Ranu Pal

1 Front cover Debraj Banerjee

2 Puja welcome letter by Governor Laura Kelly

3 Editorrsquos comment

4 Swami Vivekananda-----Ananda Bhattacharya

5 Painting and drwing--- Sheetal Sukalpa and Sanandi

6 by Animesh Dhar

7 অথ থ by Swapna Roy

8 গন ন by Himadri Chakraborty

9 Puja greetings Ranu Pal and Tushar Ghosh

10 Maa by Subhomay and Sandeep

11 Utsav by Sobhana Bhowmik

12 Poems by Subrata Roy and Kamalpriya Roy

13 Puja Greetings by Mishra and Ganguly

14 Puja Greetings Rajib and Sujit

15 Subha Vijaya by Debraj and Sanjeev

16 Journey of an Indian Scientist by Ashis K Hazra

17 Puja Greetings by Usha Saha amp Sudha Chaudhuri

18 Puja Greetings from Kole and Konika

19 Puja Greetings by Minati and Gauri

20 Vivekananda by Ashim Mitra and Vijaya Greetings by Ranjana and Dolly

21 I love you by Swapna Roy

22 Editorial Boards

23 List of volunteers for sondesh--

24 List of volunteers and committees for Durga puja 2019

25 Ambika and MidSci

26 Totota and Holly

27 Bank

28 Back cover

Swami Vivekananda - The Great Harmonizer

Ananda Bhattacharyya (submitted in 2016)

In his characteristic way Swami Vivekananda harmonized the three schools of Vedanta philosophy namely Non-dualistic also called Monistic Qualified Non-dualistic and Dualistic theories First the main points and the differences of these three schools of thoughts are stated These schools of thoughts were developed by saints and philosophers who lived at different periods of history They based their theories on their scholarly interpretations of the philosophical contents of what Upanishads declared about the relationships among three crucial entities - God (Brahman) individual soul or self (jivatman often called atman) and universe (jagat) The following paragraphs briefly describe the three schools of thoughts and their subtle differences The Dualistic Theory (Dvaitabad) This theory was advanced by a thirteenth century philosopher Madhwa According to this theory all three entities are discrete from one another Brahman is distinct from atman One individual soul is separate from another individual soul Brahman and atman are distinct from the universe In the material world parts are different from one another Both the knower and the object of knowledge are real So the world is real because it is perceived as real The material world and all its material contents are impermanent but that does not make the world unreal According to Madhwa Brahman is the creator and the supreme ruler of the universe He is infinitely powerful fair and merciful God has humanlike qualities but infinitely superior to a human being Man is the servant of God God is love He can be prayed to and loved God in turn listens and responds to the prayer Individual soul goes through many cycles of reincarnation It attains salvation (moksha) only through devotion and total surrender to God and through His mercy At this stage it stays in eternal bliss as individual entity in Godrsquos heavenly abode Vaikuntha The souls who lack the morality and devotion to the Lord are destined for eternal damnation Madhwarsquos theory has some closeness with Christian thoughts Some scholars believe it was possible that he was influenced by some Christian missionaries who arrived in India about that time Qualified Non-dualistic Theory (Visista Advaitabad) This theory was

proposed by eleventh century monk and philosopher Ramanuja According to him God is the creator and the first cause and the final cause of the universe The universe and all matters come from God Ramanuja based his theory from

Upanishad which says ldquoJust as a spider spins a thread out of his own body and makes a web God created this universe out of His own body (Mundaka Upanishad)rdquo The universe is the body of Brahman Brahman is the supreme soul of that body Individual souls exist as the innumerable life cells of that cosmic body Like Madhwa Ramanuja accepted Brahman as eternal personal God (Vishnu) and a repository of all blessed qualities The path of devotion culminating in complete self surrender to God is absolutely necessary to attain salvation Ramanujarsquos theory stipulates that though individual souls differ from one another they have the essential nature of Brahman (Satyam-Jnanam-Anantam) Therefore individual soul cannot be eternally damned Both Brahman and the material world are real and separate entities just as an embodied soul is a separate entity from the body Brahman as the supreme soul of His creation is the lord and the ruler of the cosmic process Non-dualistic Theory (Advaitabad) This theory was propounded by eighth century saint and philosopher Shankara The spirit of Shankararsquos philosophy is

Brahman is the absolute existence consciousness and bliss (Sat-Chid-Ananda) Brahman is the absolute reality because He is changeless and has no beginning and no end

The material world is not real because it is constantly changing According to this theory absolute reality implies permanent existence To an illumined mind Brahman is the only reality

Brahman (Paramatman) and the individual self (atman) are one Atman is the individual consciousness and that is the reality behind all our experiences The objects of our experiences are not real Knower is real Known is not Every object of knowledge every object of experience is subject to change Therefore it can not be real

According to Shankara knowledge is self-luminous It illumines the object of knowledge Knowledge is pure consciousness It is absolute It is atman the light itself Maya is the power of superimposition Because we are under the spell of this mysterious power the material world seems so real to us Names and forms are just illusions nothing more Maya is equated with ignorance Because of our ignorance we think that the world is real Individual self when united with maya becomes ego If we can enlighten ourselves through pure thinking and gaining right knowledge through the path of knowledge (Jnana Yoga) we can remove our ego and then only we can be self-realized persons To a self-realized person world is merely a projection of Brahman In essence God individual souls and the universe are one not separate entities Swami Vivekananda used his great harmonizing skill to tie these three Vedantic thoughts together He stressed the common element in these theories He pointed out that they all believed in God In Swamijirsquos mind these theories are not contradictory Actually they are complementary It depends on different grades of spiritual experience of the people People are at the different steps of spiritual ladder To those who are at the low end of the ladder Dualistic theory

makes perfect sense They follow the path of devotion They worship forms and names (gods and goddesses) to outpour their devotion Devotion to God (Bhakti Yoga) is their chosen way to love and surrender to God Qualified Non-Dualistic theory makes sense for those who are at the higher level of spiritual ladder Through meditation (Dhyana Yoga) and devotion and total surrender to God (Bhakti Yoga) they can identify atman with Brahman Non-Dualistic theory is the highest order of Vedanta philosophy Non-Dualists are people who attain the highest step of spiritual ladder The steepest path of knowledge (Jnana Yoga) is their highest ideal They see in all beings oneness with Brahman

Here is a short passage in Swamijirsquos own writings on this subject ldquoAs society exists at the present time all these three stages are necessary the one does not deny the other one is simply the fulfillment of other The Advaitist or the Qualified Advaitist does not say that dualism is wrong it is the right view but a lower one It is on the way to truth therefore let everybody work out his own vision of this universe according to his own ideas Injure none deny the position of none Take man where he stands and if you can lend him a helping hand and put him on a higher platformrdquo

References The Spiritual Heritage of India by Swami Prabhavananda Jnana Yoga by Swami Vivekananda

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Aruna Chaudhari

Sheetal Narkhede

Sukalpa (4yr and Sanandi Banerjee (9yr)

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নিেশীতল আরক টির িাওয়া িাড় রাা নিময় নিমে যেি এরটা নিেকে শীতলতা চতনিক মর গরাস রমর নিমে িাতািীি গাছিালা তার অবয়মবর েমধে িমর থারমছ িনরমবমশর নিেকলতা িাত ছা ময় িমর োমে িঠাৎ শর িময় োয় িনিনি িাওয়া নেনলময় োয় সব িীরকশবাস রং ও গমের বািামর ওমঠ সবজ আমলার আাশ যেনিমর তারাই এখি শধ সবমজর সোরি আরামশর িীল যরামতর পরবাি অমলৌনরর গামির েছক িা জাগায় আশা পরামির নিতমর যবমজ উমঠ িামলাবাসা আিি রমর যিয় যসই িামলর িওয়ার গাি উোস রমর যসই আশা আখাঙখার পরাি আর া জল ঢারলা আমারে বশকরে

উিমরর নিমর তারামল যিখা োয় ঈশবমরর েখ যবমজ োয় আিমের গাি পলাবি িানসময় যিয় চানরনির উজজবল িময় উমঠ আোমির পরাি যতােরা িয়মতা যচময় যিমখা পরনতনিি যেমল িাও আোমির পরামি অনতিীি িতি রমর বামড় ওঠা ফমলর বাগামি অসংমখের সোমরামি বামজ রলতাি েমি এই সেময়র োমে সমে থারা সমনতর েধরতা েমি আমছ আারা যসই আারমড় ধমর থারার পরবিতা পরামি যিয় েখর উেলতা জল োল আমরা জল ডার আোমির নশরমড় চতনিক মরর িতি ফমলর সোমরাি ছনড়ময় িাও পরামির গিীমর

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গনতনতর রাজনীতত তিকষা ও দিশন

হিমাহি শেখর চকরবরতী

মানবতার আতদকাল থেককই রাজনীতত তিল যতদও একটা অতযনত আতদম গঠকন কারন সরল কোয় রাজনীতত উততর থ াো কজ এই পরকের থক

কার জনয তক করকব থকন এবং তকভাকব পরেটা সাধারণ ভাকব সথান ও সময় তনরকেকষ আর তািাড়া কষমতা আর পরততেতততর তসোতড়কত উের

আর নীকের মানকের মকধয আদান পরদাকনর সমপকশ ও রাজনীতত বহ পরােীনকাকল এই সমপকশ তিল ঈশবর আর মানকে েরবতীকত রাজা বা

সমরাটরা ধীকর ধীকর ঈশবকরর পরতততনতধ থ াকয় উঠকলা পরজাকগাতির বতির সকে িাসন পরতিয়ায় সতবধার জনয সমকয়র সকে সকে রাজিতি

তততর করকলা ধন আর মদরার ত সাব রকষক কর সংগর ক তসতনক আর আইনরকষক কাকল কাকল এই বযাবসথার সাফলয আর মানকের

িমবধশমান অতধকার সকেতনতা তনকয় একলা আধতনক রাজননততক পরনালীর আতদ গঠন - জনপরতততনতধতব মলক রাজনীতত অবিযই এই

তববতশ কন সময় থলকগকি অগাধ আর অকনক সংগরাম কষয় ও মানকের আতমতযাগ তকনত থিেেযশনত রাজনীততকক বা রাজননততক কমশ পরনালীকক

আজককর অবসথাকন তনকয় আসা মানব সভযতার একটা তবরাট ও কাযশকরী সাফলয আর তাই রাজনীততকক তনকয় আধতনক মানে গবশ করকতই

োকর

এ ন পরে থ াকলা রাজনীতত পরনালীর এই উনমাগশগামীতা সমভব কলা তকভাকব উততরটা ব স কজ তদতি মানে ততি অতভজঞতা আর থ ার

বাসতব বতিকত বঝকত োকরতিল থয রাজনীতত যতদ থিে অবতধ অতধকাংি মানকের ভাল থকারকত োয় তকব থসই ভাল করার েিতত তনমশাকন

গভীর দবনদব োককবই আর থযক ত এই দবনদব মানকের দবাতনদবক জীবন আর তবশব অতভজঞতারই পরকাি একটা েিততকত সততই ভল তকিটা কম

োককব অনয েিততর থেকক আর আধতনক রাজনীততর একটা তিতিক পরতিয়া কব থসই কম ভল েিততকক তনণশয় করা মানে এটাও বঝল

থয এই তনণশয় িরীর বা গলার িতিকত কব না োই যতি তভতততক আকলােনা মলযায়ন আর আেকসর তনণশয় এল গনতনতর আর থযক ত

গনতাতনতরক েকে সমাকজর বা রাকের পরকতযককর মতামত মলযবান মানব পরতততনতধকতবর তবসতার আর গভীরতা আনা কলা গনতনবশােন েিততকত

থযমন আকগ বকলতি রাজনীততর এই ম ান তববতশ ন আধতনক মানকের আর তাো র উননত যতি কষমতা ও ঐিীর এক অসাধারন উদবতশ ন তকনত

নতন সংকট আসকত থদরী কলা না আমরা তা বতঝ বা না বতঝ এই সংকট একাকেশ গনতাতনতরক পরনালীর মকধয সতি থ াকলও একলা অকনকটা

তনিঃিকে আর তাই আমাকদর পরতততিয়া অকনক সমকয়ই থগল ভল েকে এবার থস কোয় আতস

যতি আকলােনা মলযায়ণ আর তনণশয় এই োরটি োয়া যার উের গনতাতনতরক রাজনীতত দাো তড়কয় আকি তা আমাকদর তজব গণ নয় এরা

অতজশ ত আর অনিীতলত গন আর থয পরনালীকত তা অতজশ ত য় তার নাম তিকষা আরও সঠিক অকেশ মিমন আর যতি থকতিক তিকষা

বতততমলক নয় যার পরকয়াজন অনয জায়গায় জীতবকার পরকে গত পরায় অিশ িতােী ধকর েতেবীর অকনক বড় রাে সাধারণ ভাকব এই মিমন-

যতি থকতিক তিকষা তবসতকরর তবেকয় যকেি পরকেিা থদ ায়তন তার কারণগতল অবিযই আলাদা তবতভনন রাকের থকষকে ক নও অেশননততক

ক নও রাে ধনী থ াকয়ও সমাকজর তকি অংকির একটা তিকষা তবকরাধী সনাতন মানতসকতা বা ক নও রােীয় কষমতার অবশােীন অদরদিীতা

তকি থকষকে অতনেণ াকত ভল নীতত তনধশারণ ব সামপরততক কাকল এই ভরাতনতর ফল আমারা েতরষকার থদ কত োতি েতেবীর অকনকগতল

গনতকনতর সংকটগকলা তবতবধ েকে একসকি ১) সাধারণ নাগতরককদর গতরিাংকির রাজননততক উদাসীনতা এর একটা তনমনতম পরকাকি তকি

মানে ভাবকত তি কি থয রাজননততক সকেতনতার পরকাি সামাতজক থকষকে অনাকেশনীয় এমনতক অনযায় মা বাবা সনতানকক থবাঝাকিন -

থকান রাজননততক বযাোকর মাো গলাকব না ২) রাজননততক মতাননকয অকনক সময় ততিতা তববাদ এমনতক িারীতরক ানা াতন অবতধ

থে োকি যাকি আমরা ভকল যাতি যা আকগই বকলতি থয গনতকনতরর পরেম থসাোন তভননমত আর দবাতনদবকতা আর তার সফলতা দবকনদবর মধয

থেককই উততমতম নীতত তননশয় ৩) এটা সবকেকক ভয়াব এবং অকনকাকেশ (১) আর (২) থকও উততকরাততর পরভাতবত করকি তা থ াকলা

রাজনীততকত এবং রাজননততক অতধকার পরকাি ও বযাব াকর (তনবশােকন অংিগর ণ) তিতকষকতর অতন া থয িনযতা তততর করকি তা েরণ করকি

অতনেণ অসৎ উকেিযকামী অিতিতকষতরা তততর থ াকি তনমন মাকনর রােিতির যারা অকনক থকষকেই মিমন-যতি থকতিক তিকষার

পরসার অনিীলন ও রাজযিাসকনর নীতত তনধশারকন ঐ তিকষার মলয তদকত োইকি না বা োরকি না তিতকষকতর থয থকাকনা তনতদশ ি আর পরাসতেক

থেিায় বা গকন তনেণ কো শকন রােীয় নীততকরন পরকয়াজনীয় থমাকন করকি না অতিকষা আর অসকেতনতা জতনত তকি আোত জনতপরয়

ধারনাকক ইনধন যতগকয় এই নতন রােিতিগতল একটা ভীড়-তাতড়ত অপরগততিীল আর কাল-তবকরাতধ েকে থযকত োইকি থেতকন বা

অকেতকন এটা তনরািা তততর ককর পরততবাদ থকারকল মিমনা োকা পরগততিীল সনাতন ঐতত যর তবধবংসীকাতর থবাকল সরাসতর বা

সামাতজক পরোরমাধযকম রটনা শর য় তেনতাতবম মানেকদর মগজকধালাই থকারকত

এটা তনিঃসকেক আধতনক গনতকনতরর একটা সংকট অবিয ইতত াকস এই েি আকগও থ াকয়কি যা অবকিকে গনতনতরকক উননততর ককরকি

তনরাি নই এবারও য়ত তাই কব এই সংককটর একটাই সমাধান - তিতকষতকদর সামাতজক এবং রাজননততক তবেকয় মননতসি ওয়া

স কজ বযতিগত আ াত না থেকত থি া (েতিকম একটা পরকাি আকি Dont be a snowflake) আর কঠিন থ াকলও

রাজনীততকত সকেতন ভাকব অংি থনওয়া আধতনক তিতকষতকদর রাজনীততকক ণা করার পরবনতাটা ঠিক নয় যতদও এটা বলা স জ তকনত করা

য়ত ততটাই কঠিন আর ঠিক আগামীকাল থেককই শর করা যাকব না তকব এটা েতরষকার থয আদিশ তিকষাতব ীন গনতনতর অকনকটাই

অসমপণশ আর সংকটটা থযক ত আমাকদর গনতনতরগতলর অনতর তনসত আধতনক তিকষােিততর অনতর থিাধন পরাসতেক এবং মলযবান এবার

থসই তবেকয় আতস

যতিম ী তিকষার অননয সরতণ তবজঞান তিকষা এ াকন একটা কো পরেকমই থবাকল রাত থয তবজঞানকলার তনযশাস আর তবজঞান দিশন তি কত -

থযটা এ াকন মল পরাসতেক - গতনকতর পরকয়াজন থনই তবজঞান সতয আতবষকাকরর একটা েণশ অনিীতলত েিতত যা সমপণশ তনভশ র ককর যতি

তেয সং যা পরমাকণর েনরাবততত আর পরাকলবধ জঞাকনর উের থকান বযাতিগত বা সমতিগত অনভব বা তবশবাকসর ওের নয় তবজঞাকনর

েতেবীকত তবকি সতয থবাকল তকি থনই এটাও মকন রা কত কব থয তবজঞাকনর সতয অতনতম নয় এই সতয মানকের উৎকিতম কাতরগতর

কষমতায় সবকেকক যতিগরা য আজককর উেলতবধ যা েরবতীকাকল সতযতর বার সমভাবনা রাক তকনত সাধারণ নাগতরককর তবজঞান তিকষা

তবজঞানী বার জনয নয় বরং আরও বযােক - জীবকন মনকন আর তেনতকন যতিমনা ওয়া এবং স -নাগতরককর যিতনভশ র ধারনা বা মতকক

মলয থদওয়া আদিশ তেতামাতা আদিশ সনতান আদিশ ভাইকবান আর আদিশ বনধ ওয়া

মিমনা বার তদবতীয় িতশ তবমতশ কিনা িতি একটা উদা রণ থদওয়া যাক আমরা থসাজা দতিকত থোক র সামকন পরাকততক েটভতম থদ কত

োই অকনকক আোককতও োতর এবার যতদ কিনা থকারকত বলা য় থয ঐ েটভতম থকমন থদ াকব যতদ িীেশাসন থকাকর উকে থদ া য়

আমরা অকনককই ভাবকত বা আোককত োরকবা না তবজঞান তিকষা এ াকনও মলযবান তার সকে তিি তবকিে ককর তবমতশ তিি তিকষাও এক

উননত েিতত তবমতশ কিনািতি আমাকদর মতশ জগকতর অনধতব থেকক আকলায় আসার এক অমলয থসাোন

সবকিকে দরকার তকশ তনেনতা তবকিেত থ ারতর দবাতনদবক েতরকবকি নীততকবাধ আর নযায়কবাকধর সকে আেস না থকাকর এ াকন দিশনিাসতর-

তিকষা একটা অগাধ ভতমকা তনকত োকর মকন রা কত কব দিশনতবদযা পরােয বা োিাতয মানব ইতত াকসর পরােীনতম তবদযা আর এই

তবেকয়র উেলবধ জঞান মানকের দী শতম অতভজঞতা পরসত সকষ ও উচচমাগীয় মনন সমি মলযবান উেলতবধ দিশনতবদযা আমাকদর উেযি

আর পরাসতেক থসই পরে থকারকত থি ায় যার উততর আমাকদর বযতি আতমর বাইকর উনমি ককর আমরা বঝকত তিত সমাজবিতার তনগঢ

অেশ দিশন আমাকক থি ায় থয সসথ সমাকজ আমার পরততদবতেতা যতির সংকগ বযতির সংকগ নয় থয একটা বযাততিমী তেয ক নও একটা

েণশ সতযকক পরততিা ককর না থয যতির উেসং ার শধমাে ঠিক আর থবঠিককর মকধযই সীমাবি নয় থয কারণ অজঞাত মাকনই থকাকনা দাবী

সতয নয় থয তবশবাকসর সতযতা পরমাকনর দাতয়তব তবশবাসকক থয সকে ককর তাো র উের বতশ ায় না থয একটা ধারণা জনতপরয় কলও তা

অকমা অসতয স কজই থ াকত োকর ইতযাতদ অতএব মলকো তিকষার পরসাকরর সকে তিকষার এই ধরকনর মাকনাননয়ন উননততর নাগতরক

তততর করকব

অতনতকম পরে থ াকলা তিকষাকক তকব তকভাকব গনতকনতরর অেীভত করা যাকব পরেমতিঃ ককলজ অবতধ তিকষাকক বাধযতামলক কথর তা

সাধারণ নাগতরককর কাকি তবনামকলয থে োকিাকনা একটা পরােতমক আর থম তলক পরকয়াজন তদবতীয়তিঃ ধীর তকনত অবিযমভাবী গততকত নাগতরককর

তিকষাকক তাো র গনতাতনতরক অতধকাকরর মান তনণশয়কনর একটি তলাদনড ত সাকব সংতবধানভি করকত কব ততীয়তিঃ এই তিকষায় তিতকষত

তনবশাতেত জনপরতততনতধ বা রাজনীততক গনতকনতরর কমশিতিকক তীকষণ ও বযাপত ককর এক কলেমতির তদিা থদকব

আগামীর নবয-গনতাতনতরক রাজনীততর েকে তা কব এক আকাতিত দঢ ও পরসসথ েদককষে

Wish you all Subho Bijaya

From Pal and Sambataro Family (Dhananjay Ranu Arijit

Arundhati Joey Hiran and Aryana) October 2019

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BEST WISHES AND SEASONS GREETINGS FROM ANUKAR CHARITABLE AND GHOSE FAMILY

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa ke bina bitay na koi sama

Beti behan ardhangini hai Maa

Dus Bhujao ki Shakti se bani ye Durga Maa

Bachon ke chanchal mann mae

Vidya ka samarpan karati hai ye Saraswati Maa

Hamara bhavishya ujjwal krnay ke liyay

Dhan ko sambhal k rakhti hai ye Lakshmi Maa

Kokh se jeevan br tk

Kasto se ladne ki himmat deti hai ye Kali Maa

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa k bina bitay na koi samahellip

Durga Maa

Lakshmi Maa Kali Maa

Saraswati Maa

Maa Subhamay Pramanik and Sandeep Kaur

1 Front cover Debraj Banerjee

2 Puja welcome letter by Governor Laura Kelly

3 Editorrsquos comment

4 Swami Vivekananda-----Ananda Bhattacharya

5 Painting and drwing--- Sheetal Sukalpa and Sanandi

6 by Animesh Dhar

7 অথ থ by Swapna Roy

8 গন ন by Himadri Chakraborty

9 Puja greetings Ranu Pal and Tushar Ghosh

10 Maa by Subhomay and Sandeep

11 Utsav by Sobhana Bhowmik

12 Poems by Subrata Roy and Kamalpriya Roy

13 Puja Greetings by Mishra and Ganguly

14 Puja Greetings Rajib and Sujit

15 Subha Vijaya by Debraj and Sanjeev

16 Journey of an Indian Scientist by Ashis K Hazra

17 Puja Greetings by Usha Saha amp Sudha Chaudhuri

18 Puja Greetings from Kole and Konika

19 Puja Greetings by Minati and Gauri

20 Vivekananda by Ashim Mitra and Vijaya Greetings by Ranjana and Dolly

21 I love you by Swapna Roy

22 Editorial Boards

23 List of volunteers for sondesh--

24 List of volunteers and committees for Durga puja 2019

25 Ambika and MidSci

26 Totota and Holly

27 Bank

28 Back cover

Swami Vivekananda - The Great Harmonizer

Ananda Bhattacharyya (submitted in 2016)

In his characteristic way Swami Vivekananda harmonized the three schools of Vedanta philosophy namely Non-dualistic also called Monistic Qualified Non-dualistic and Dualistic theories First the main points and the differences of these three schools of thoughts are stated These schools of thoughts were developed by saints and philosophers who lived at different periods of history They based their theories on their scholarly interpretations of the philosophical contents of what Upanishads declared about the relationships among three crucial entities - God (Brahman) individual soul or self (jivatman often called atman) and universe (jagat) The following paragraphs briefly describe the three schools of thoughts and their subtle differences The Dualistic Theory (Dvaitabad) This theory was advanced by a thirteenth century philosopher Madhwa According to this theory all three entities are discrete from one another Brahman is distinct from atman One individual soul is separate from another individual soul Brahman and atman are distinct from the universe In the material world parts are different from one another Both the knower and the object of knowledge are real So the world is real because it is perceived as real The material world and all its material contents are impermanent but that does not make the world unreal According to Madhwa Brahman is the creator and the supreme ruler of the universe He is infinitely powerful fair and merciful God has humanlike qualities but infinitely superior to a human being Man is the servant of God God is love He can be prayed to and loved God in turn listens and responds to the prayer Individual soul goes through many cycles of reincarnation It attains salvation (moksha) only through devotion and total surrender to God and through His mercy At this stage it stays in eternal bliss as individual entity in Godrsquos heavenly abode Vaikuntha The souls who lack the morality and devotion to the Lord are destined for eternal damnation Madhwarsquos theory has some closeness with Christian thoughts Some scholars believe it was possible that he was influenced by some Christian missionaries who arrived in India about that time Qualified Non-dualistic Theory (Visista Advaitabad) This theory was

proposed by eleventh century monk and philosopher Ramanuja According to him God is the creator and the first cause and the final cause of the universe The universe and all matters come from God Ramanuja based his theory from

Upanishad which says ldquoJust as a spider spins a thread out of his own body and makes a web God created this universe out of His own body (Mundaka Upanishad)rdquo The universe is the body of Brahman Brahman is the supreme soul of that body Individual souls exist as the innumerable life cells of that cosmic body Like Madhwa Ramanuja accepted Brahman as eternal personal God (Vishnu) and a repository of all blessed qualities The path of devotion culminating in complete self surrender to God is absolutely necessary to attain salvation Ramanujarsquos theory stipulates that though individual souls differ from one another they have the essential nature of Brahman (Satyam-Jnanam-Anantam) Therefore individual soul cannot be eternally damned Both Brahman and the material world are real and separate entities just as an embodied soul is a separate entity from the body Brahman as the supreme soul of His creation is the lord and the ruler of the cosmic process Non-dualistic Theory (Advaitabad) This theory was propounded by eighth century saint and philosopher Shankara The spirit of Shankararsquos philosophy is

Brahman is the absolute existence consciousness and bliss (Sat-Chid-Ananda) Brahman is the absolute reality because He is changeless and has no beginning and no end

The material world is not real because it is constantly changing According to this theory absolute reality implies permanent existence To an illumined mind Brahman is the only reality

Brahman (Paramatman) and the individual self (atman) are one Atman is the individual consciousness and that is the reality behind all our experiences The objects of our experiences are not real Knower is real Known is not Every object of knowledge every object of experience is subject to change Therefore it can not be real

According to Shankara knowledge is self-luminous It illumines the object of knowledge Knowledge is pure consciousness It is absolute It is atman the light itself Maya is the power of superimposition Because we are under the spell of this mysterious power the material world seems so real to us Names and forms are just illusions nothing more Maya is equated with ignorance Because of our ignorance we think that the world is real Individual self when united with maya becomes ego If we can enlighten ourselves through pure thinking and gaining right knowledge through the path of knowledge (Jnana Yoga) we can remove our ego and then only we can be self-realized persons To a self-realized person world is merely a projection of Brahman In essence God individual souls and the universe are one not separate entities Swami Vivekananda used his great harmonizing skill to tie these three Vedantic thoughts together He stressed the common element in these theories He pointed out that they all believed in God In Swamijirsquos mind these theories are not contradictory Actually they are complementary It depends on different grades of spiritual experience of the people People are at the different steps of spiritual ladder To those who are at the low end of the ladder Dualistic theory

makes perfect sense They follow the path of devotion They worship forms and names (gods and goddesses) to outpour their devotion Devotion to God (Bhakti Yoga) is their chosen way to love and surrender to God Qualified Non-Dualistic theory makes sense for those who are at the higher level of spiritual ladder Through meditation (Dhyana Yoga) and devotion and total surrender to God (Bhakti Yoga) they can identify atman with Brahman Non-Dualistic theory is the highest order of Vedanta philosophy Non-Dualists are people who attain the highest step of spiritual ladder The steepest path of knowledge (Jnana Yoga) is their highest ideal They see in all beings oneness with Brahman

Here is a short passage in Swamijirsquos own writings on this subject ldquoAs society exists at the present time all these three stages are necessary the one does not deny the other one is simply the fulfillment of other The Advaitist or the Qualified Advaitist does not say that dualism is wrong it is the right view but a lower one It is on the way to truth therefore let everybody work out his own vision of this universe according to his own ideas Injure none deny the position of none Take man where he stands and if you can lend him a helping hand and put him on a higher platformrdquo

References The Spiritual Heritage of India by Swami Prabhavananda Jnana Yoga by Swami Vivekananda

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Aruna Chaudhari

Sheetal Narkhede

Sukalpa (4yr and Sanandi Banerjee (9yr)

দটি কবিতা

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উিমরর নিমর তারামল যিখা োয় ঈশবমরর েখ যবমজ োয় আিমের গাি পলাবি িানসময় যিয় চানরনির উজজবল িময় উমঠ আোমির পরাি যতােরা িয়মতা যচময় যিমখা পরনতনিি যেমল িাও আোমির পরামি অনতিীি িতি রমর বামড় ওঠা ফমলর বাগামি অসংমখের সোমরামি বামজ রলতাি েমি এই সেময়র োমে সমে থারা সমনতর েধরতা েমি আমছ আারা যসই আারমড় ধমর থারার পরবিতা পরামি যিয় েখর উেলতা জল োল আমরা জল ডার আোমির নশরমড় চতনিক মরর িতি ফমলর সোমরাি ছনড়ময় িাও পরামির গিীমর

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গনতনতর রাজনীতত তিকষা ও দিশন

হিমাহি শেখর চকরবরতী

মানবতার আতদকাল থেককই রাজনীতত তিল যতদও একটা অতযনত আতদম গঠকন কারন সরল কোয় রাজনীতত উততর থ াো কজ এই পরকের থক

কার জনয তক করকব থকন এবং তকভাকব পরেটা সাধারণ ভাকব সথান ও সময় তনরকেকষ আর তািাড়া কষমতা আর পরততেতততর তসোতড়কত উের

আর নীকের মানকের মকধয আদান পরদাকনর সমপকশ ও রাজনীতত বহ পরােীনকাকল এই সমপকশ তিল ঈশবর আর মানকে েরবতীকত রাজা বা

সমরাটরা ধীকর ধীকর ঈশবকরর পরতততনতধ থ াকয় উঠকলা পরজাকগাতির বতির সকে িাসন পরতিয়ায় সতবধার জনয সমকয়র সকে সকে রাজিতি

তততর করকলা ধন আর মদরার ত সাব রকষক কর সংগর ক তসতনক আর আইনরকষক কাকল কাকল এই বযাবসথার সাফলয আর মানকের

িমবধশমান অতধকার সকেতনতা তনকয় একলা আধতনক রাজননততক পরনালীর আতদ গঠন - জনপরতততনতধতব মলক রাজনীতত অবিযই এই

তববতশ কন সময় থলকগকি অগাধ আর অকনক সংগরাম কষয় ও মানকের আতমতযাগ তকনত থিেেযশনত রাজনীততকক বা রাজননততক কমশ পরনালীকক

আজককর অবসথাকন তনকয় আসা মানব সভযতার একটা তবরাট ও কাযশকরী সাফলয আর তাই রাজনীততকক তনকয় আধতনক মানে গবশ করকতই

োকর

এ ন পরে থ াকলা রাজনীতত পরনালীর এই উনমাগশগামীতা সমভব কলা তকভাকব উততরটা ব স কজ তদতি মানে ততি অতভজঞতা আর থ ার

বাসতব বতিকত বঝকত োকরতিল থয রাজনীতত যতদ থিে অবতধ অতধকাংি মানকের ভাল থকারকত োয় তকব থসই ভাল করার েিতত তনমশাকন

গভীর দবনদব োককবই আর থযক ত এই দবনদব মানকের দবাতনদবক জীবন আর তবশব অতভজঞতারই পরকাি একটা েিততকত সততই ভল তকিটা কম

োককব অনয েিততর থেকক আর আধতনক রাজনীততর একটা তিতিক পরতিয়া কব থসই কম ভল েিততকক তনণশয় করা মানে এটাও বঝল

থয এই তনণশয় িরীর বা গলার িতিকত কব না োই যতি তভতততক আকলােনা মলযায়ন আর আেকসর তনণশয় এল গনতনতর আর থযক ত

গনতাতনতরক েকে সমাকজর বা রাকের পরকতযককর মতামত মলযবান মানব পরতততনতধকতবর তবসতার আর গভীরতা আনা কলা গনতনবশােন েিততকত

থযমন আকগ বকলতি রাজনীততর এই ম ান তববতশ ন আধতনক মানকের আর তাো র উননত যতি কষমতা ও ঐিীর এক অসাধারন উদবতশ ন তকনত

নতন সংকট আসকত থদরী কলা না আমরা তা বতঝ বা না বতঝ এই সংকট একাকেশ গনতাতনতরক পরনালীর মকধয সতি থ াকলও একলা অকনকটা

তনিঃিকে আর তাই আমাকদর পরতততিয়া অকনক সমকয়ই থগল ভল েকে এবার থস কোয় আতস

যতি আকলােনা মলযায়ণ আর তনণশয় এই োরটি োয়া যার উের গনতাতনতরক রাজনীতত দাো তড়কয় আকি তা আমাকদর তজব গণ নয় এরা

অতজশ ত আর অনিীতলত গন আর থয পরনালীকত তা অতজশ ত য় তার নাম তিকষা আরও সঠিক অকেশ মিমন আর যতি থকতিক তিকষা

বতততমলক নয় যার পরকয়াজন অনয জায়গায় জীতবকার পরকে গত পরায় অিশ িতােী ধকর েতেবীর অকনক বড় রাে সাধারণ ভাকব এই মিমন-

যতি থকতিক তিকষা তবসতকরর তবেকয় যকেি পরকেিা থদ ায়তন তার কারণগতল অবিযই আলাদা তবতভনন রাকের থকষকে ক নও অেশননততক

ক নও রাে ধনী থ াকয়ও সমাকজর তকি অংকির একটা তিকষা তবকরাধী সনাতন মানতসকতা বা ক নও রােীয় কষমতার অবশােীন অদরদিীতা

তকি থকষকে অতনেণ াকত ভল নীতত তনধশারণ ব সামপরততক কাকল এই ভরাতনতর ফল আমারা েতরষকার থদ কত োতি েতেবীর অকনকগতল

গনতকনতর সংকটগকলা তবতবধ েকে একসকি ১) সাধারণ নাগতরককদর গতরিাংকির রাজননততক উদাসীনতা এর একটা তনমনতম পরকাকি তকি

মানে ভাবকত তি কি থয রাজননততক সকেতনতার পরকাি সামাতজক থকষকে অনাকেশনীয় এমনতক অনযায় মা বাবা সনতানকক থবাঝাকিন -

থকান রাজননততক বযাোকর মাো গলাকব না ২) রাজননততক মতাননকয অকনক সময় ততিতা তববাদ এমনতক িারীতরক ানা াতন অবতধ

থে োকি যাকি আমরা ভকল যাতি যা আকগই বকলতি থয গনতকনতরর পরেম থসাোন তভননমত আর দবাতনদবকতা আর তার সফলতা দবকনদবর মধয

থেককই উততমতম নীতত তননশয় ৩) এটা সবকেকক ভয়াব এবং অকনকাকেশ (১) আর (২) থকও উততকরাততর পরভাতবত করকি তা থ াকলা

রাজনীততকত এবং রাজননততক অতধকার পরকাি ও বযাব াকর (তনবশােকন অংিগর ণ) তিতকষকতর অতন া থয িনযতা তততর করকি তা েরণ করকি

অতনেণ অসৎ উকেিযকামী অিতিতকষতরা তততর থ াকি তনমন মাকনর রােিতির যারা অকনক থকষকেই মিমন-যতি থকতিক তিকষার

পরসার অনিীলন ও রাজযিাসকনর নীতত তনধশারকন ঐ তিকষার মলয তদকত োইকি না বা োরকি না তিতকষকতর থয থকাকনা তনতদশ ি আর পরাসতেক

থেিায় বা গকন তনেণ কো শকন রােীয় নীততকরন পরকয়াজনীয় থমাকন করকি না অতিকষা আর অসকেতনতা জতনত তকি আোত জনতপরয়

ধারনাকক ইনধন যতগকয় এই নতন রােিতিগতল একটা ভীড়-তাতড়ত অপরগততিীল আর কাল-তবকরাতধ েকে থযকত োইকি থেতকন বা

অকেতকন এটা তনরািা তততর ককর পরততবাদ থকারকল মিমনা োকা পরগততিীল সনাতন ঐতত যর তবধবংসীকাতর থবাকল সরাসতর বা

সামাতজক পরোরমাধযকম রটনা শর য় তেনতাতবম মানেকদর মগজকধালাই থকারকত

এটা তনিঃসকেক আধতনক গনতকনতরর একটা সংকট অবিয ইতত াকস এই েি আকগও থ াকয়কি যা অবকিকে গনতনতরকক উননততর ককরকি

তনরাি নই এবারও য়ত তাই কব এই সংককটর একটাই সমাধান - তিতকষতকদর সামাতজক এবং রাজননততক তবেকয় মননতসি ওয়া

স কজ বযতিগত আ াত না থেকত থি া (েতিকম একটা পরকাি আকি Dont be a snowflake) আর কঠিন থ াকলও

রাজনীততকত সকেতন ভাকব অংি থনওয়া আধতনক তিতকষতকদর রাজনীততকক ণা করার পরবনতাটা ঠিক নয় যতদও এটা বলা স জ তকনত করা

য়ত ততটাই কঠিন আর ঠিক আগামীকাল থেককই শর করা যাকব না তকব এটা েতরষকার থয আদিশ তিকষাতব ীন গনতনতর অকনকটাই

অসমপণশ আর সংকটটা থযক ত আমাকদর গনতনতরগতলর অনতর তনসত আধতনক তিকষােিততর অনতর থিাধন পরাসতেক এবং মলযবান এবার

থসই তবেকয় আতস

যতিম ী তিকষার অননয সরতণ তবজঞান তিকষা এ াকন একটা কো পরেকমই থবাকল রাত থয তবজঞানকলার তনযশাস আর তবজঞান দিশন তি কত -

থযটা এ াকন মল পরাসতেক - গতনকতর পরকয়াজন থনই তবজঞান সতয আতবষকাকরর একটা েণশ অনিীতলত েিতত যা সমপণশ তনভশ র ককর যতি

তেয সং যা পরমাকণর েনরাবততত আর পরাকলবধ জঞাকনর উের থকান বযাতিগত বা সমতিগত অনভব বা তবশবাকসর ওের নয় তবজঞাকনর

েতেবীকত তবকি সতয থবাকল তকি থনই এটাও মকন রা কত কব থয তবজঞাকনর সতয অতনতম নয় এই সতয মানকের উৎকিতম কাতরগতর

কষমতায় সবকেকক যতিগরা য আজককর উেলতবধ যা েরবতীকাকল সতযতর বার সমভাবনা রাক তকনত সাধারণ নাগতরককর তবজঞান তিকষা

তবজঞানী বার জনয নয় বরং আরও বযােক - জীবকন মনকন আর তেনতকন যতিমনা ওয়া এবং স -নাগতরককর যিতনভশ র ধারনা বা মতকক

মলয থদওয়া আদিশ তেতামাতা আদিশ সনতান আদিশ ভাইকবান আর আদিশ বনধ ওয়া

মিমনা বার তদবতীয় িতশ তবমতশ কিনা িতি একটা উদা রণ থদওয়া যাক আমরা থসাজা দতিকত থোক র সামকন পরাকততক েটভতম থদ কত

োই অকনকক আোককতও োতর এবার যতদ কিনা থকারকত বলা য় থয ঐ েটভতম থকমন থদ াকব যতদ িীেশাসন থকাকর উকে থদ া য়

আমরা অকনককই ভাবকত বা আোককত োরকবা না তবজঞান তিকষা এ াকনও মলযবান তার সকে তিি তবকিে ককর তবমতশ তিি তিকষাও এক

উননত েিতত তবমতশ কিনািতি আমাকদর মতশ জগকতর অনধতব থেকক আকলায় আসার এক অমলয থসাোন

সবকিকে দরকার তকশ তনেনতা তবকিেত থ ারতর দবাতনদবক েতরকবকি নীততকবাধ আর নযায়কবাকধর সকে আেস না থকাকর এ াকন দিশনিাসতর-

তিকষা একটা অগাধ ভতমকা তনকত োকর মকন রা কত কব দিশনতবদযা পরােয বা োিাতয মানব ইতত াকসর পরােীনতম তবদযা আর এই

তবেকয়র উেলবধ জঞান মানকের দী শতম অতভজঞতা পরসত সকষ ও উচচমাগীয় মনন সমি মলযবান উেলতবধ দিশনতবদযা আমাকদর উেযি

আর পরাসতেক থসই পরে থকারকত থি ায় যার উততর আমাকদর বযতি আতমর বাইকর উনমি ককর আমরা বঝকত তিত সমাজবিতার তনগঢ

অেশ দিশন আমাকক থি ায় থয সসথ সমাকজ আমার পরততদবতেতা যতির সংকগ বযতির সংকগ নয় থয একটা বযাততিমী তেয ক নও একটা

েণশ সতযকক পরততিা ককর না থয যতির উেসং ার শধমাে ঠিক আর থবঠিককর মকধযই সীমাবি নয় থয কারণ অজঞাত মাকনই থকাকনা দাবী

সতয নয় থয তবশবাকসর সতযতা পরমাকনর দাতয়তব তবশবাসকক থয সকে ককর তাো র উের বতশ ায় না থয একটা ধারণা জনতপরয় কলও তা

অকমা অসতয স কজই থ াকত োকর ইতযাতদ অতএব মলকো তিকষার পরসাকরর সকে তিকষার এই ধরকনর মাকনাননয়ন উননততর নাগতরক

তততর করকব

অতনতকম পরে থ াকলা তিকষাকক তকব তকভাকব গনতকনতরর অেীভত করা যাকব পরেমতিঃ ককলজ অবতধ তিকষাকক বাধযতামলক কথর তা

সাধারণ নাগতরককর কাকি তবনামকলয থে োকিাকনা একটা পরােতমক আর থম তলক পরকয়াজন তদবতীয়তিঃ ধীর তকনত অবিযমভাবী গততকত নাগতরককর

তিকষাকক তাো র গনতাতনতরক অতধকাকরর মান তনণশয়কনর একটি তলাদনড ত সাকব সংতবধানভি করকত কব ততীয়তিঃ এই তিকষায় তিতকষত

তনবশাতেত জনপরতততনতধ বা রাজনীততক গনতকনতরর কমশিতিকক তীকষণ ও বযাপত ককর এক কলেমতির তদিা থদকব

আগামীর নবয-গনতাতনতরক রাজনীততর েকে তা কব এক আকাতিত দঢ ও পরসসথ েদককষে

Wish you all Subho Bijaya

From Pal and Sambataro Family (Dhananjay Ranu Arijit

Arundhati Joey Hiran and Aryana) October 2019

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BEST WISHES AND SEASONS GREETINGS FROM ANUKAR CHARITABLE AND GHOSE FAMILY

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa ke bina bitay na koi sama

Beti behan ardhangini hai Maa

Dus Bhujao ki Shakti se bani ye Durga Maa

Bachon ke chanchal mann mae

Vidya ka samarpan karati hai ye Saraswati Maa

Hamara bhavishya ujjwal krnay ke liyay

Dhan ko sambhal k rakhti hai ye Lakshmi Maa

Kokh se jeevan br tk

Kasto se ladne ki himmat deti hai ye Kali Maa

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa k bina bitay na koi samahellip

Durga Maa

Lakshmi Maa Kali Maa

Saraswati Maa

Maa Subhamay Pramanik and Sandeep Kaur

Swami Vivekananda - The Great Harmonizer

Ananda Bhattacharyya (submitted in 2016)

In his characteristic way Swami Vivekananda harmonized the three schools of Vedanta philosophy namely Non-dualistic also called Monistic Qualified Non-dualistic and Dualistic theories First the main points and the differences of these three schools of thoughts are stated These schools of thoughts were developed by saints and philosophers who lived at different periods of history They based their theories on their scholarly interpretations of the philosophical contents of what Upanishads declared about the relationships among three crucial entities - God (Brahman) individual soul or self (jivatman often called atman) and universe (jagat) The following paragraphs briefly describe the three schools of thoughts and their subtle differences The Dualistic Theory (Dvaitabad) This theory was advanced by a thirteenth century philosopher Madhwa According to this theory all three entities are discrete from one another Brahman is distinct from atman One individual soul is separate from another individual soul Brahman and atman are distinct from the universe In the material world parts are different from one another Both the knower and the object of knowledge are real So the world is real because it is perceived as real The material world and all its material contents are impermanent but that does not make the world unreal According to Madhwa Brahman is the creator and the supreme ruler of the universe He is infinitely powerful fair and merciful God has humanlike qualities but infinitely superior to a human being Man is the servant of God God is love He can be prayed to and loved God in turn listens and responds to the prayer Individual soul goes through many cycles of reincarnation It attains salvation (moksha) only through devotion and total surrender to God and through His mercy At this stage it stays in eternal bliss as individual entity in Godrsquos heavenly abode Vaikuntha The souls who lack the morality and devotion to the Lord are destined for eternal damnation Madhwarsquos theory has some closeness with Christian thoughts Some scholars believe it was possible that he was influenced by some Christian missionaries who arrived in India about that time Qualified Non-dualistic Theory (Visista Advaitabad) This theory was

proposed by eleventh century monk and philosopher Ramanuja According to him God is the creator and the first cause and the final cause of the universe The universe and all matters come from God Ramanuja based his theory from

Upanishad which says ldquoJust as a spider spins a thread out of his own body and makes a web God created this universe out of His own body (Mundaka Upanishad)rdquo The universe is the body of Brahman Brahman is the supreme soul of that body Individual souls exist as the innumerable life cells of that cosmic body Like Madhwa Ramanuja accepted Brahman as eternal personal God (Vishnu) and a repository of all blessed qualities The path of devotion culminating in complete self surrender to God is absolutely necessary to attain salvation Ramanujarsquos theory stipulates that though individual souls differ from one another they have the essential nature of Brahman (Satyam-Jnanam-Anantam) Therefore individual soul cannot be eternally damned Both Brahman and the material world are real and separate entities just as an embodied soul is a separate entity from the body Brahman as the supreme soul of His creation is the lord and the ruler of the cosmic process Non-dualistic Theory (Advaitabad) This theory was propounded by eighth century saint and philosopher Shankara The spirit of Shankararsquos philosophy is

Brahman is the absolute existence consciousness and bliss (Sat-Chid-Ananda) Brahman is the absolute reality because He is changeless and has no beginning and no end

The material world is not real because it is constantly changing According to this theory absolute reality implies permanent existence To an illumined mind Brahman is the only reality

Brahman (Paramatman) and the individual self (atman) are one Atman is the individual consciousness and that is the reality behind all our experiences The objects of our experiences are not real Knower is real Known is not Every object of knowledge every object of experience is subject to change Therefore it can not be real

According to Shankara knowledge is self-luminous It illumines the object of knowledge Knowledge is pure consciousness It is absolute It is atman the light itself Maya is the power of superimposition Because we are under the spell of this mysterious power the material world seems so real to us Names and forms are just illusions nothing more Maya is equated with ignorance Because of our ignorance we think that the world is real Individual self when united with maya becomes ego If we can enlighten ourselves through pure thinking and gaining right knowledge through the path of knowledge (Jnana Yoga) we can remove our ego and then only we can be self-realized persons To a self-realized person world is merely a projection of Brahman In essence God individual souls and the universe are one not separate entities Swami Vivekananda used his great harmonizing skill to tie these three Vedantic thoughts together He stressed the common element in these theories He pointed out that they all believed in God In Swamijirsquos mind these theories are not contradictory Actually they are complementary It depends on different grades of spiritual experience of the people People are at the different steps of spiritual ladder To those who are at the low end of the ladder Dualistic theory

makes perfect sense They follow the path of devotion They worship forms and names (gods and goddesses) to outpour their devotion Devotion to God (Bhakti Yoga) is their chosen way to love and surrender to God Qualified Non-Dualistic theory makes sense for those who are at the higher level of spiritual ladder Through meditation (Dhyana Yoga) and devotion and total surrender to God (Bhakti Yoga) they can identify atman with Brahman Non-Dualistic theory is the highest order of Vedanta philosophy Non-Dualists are people who attain the highest step of spiritual ladder The steepest path of knowledge (Jnana Yoga) is their highest ideal They see in all beings oneness with Brahman

Here is a short passage in Swamijirsquos own writings on this subject ldquoAs society exists at the present time all these three stages are necessary the one does not deny the other one is simply the fulfillment of other The Advaitist or the Qualified Advaitist does not say that dualism is wrong it is the right view but a lower one It is on the way to truth therefore let everybody work out his own vision of this universe according to his own ideas Injure none deny the position of none Take man where he stands and if you can lend him a helping hand and put him on a higher platformrdquo

References The Spiritual Heritage of India by Swami Prabhavananda Jnana Yoga by Swami Vivekananda

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Aruna Chaudhari

Sheetal Narkhede

Sukalpa (4yr and Sanandi Banerjee (9yr)

দটি কবিতা

অনিমেষ ধর

আশা

নিেশীতল আরক টির িাওয়া িাড় রাা নিময় নিমে যেি এরটা নিেকে শীতলতা চতনিক মর গরাস রমর নিমে িাতািীি গাছিালা তার অবয়মবর েমধে িমর থারমছ িনরমবমশর নিেকলতা িাত ছা ময় িমর োমে িঠাৎ শর িময় োয় িনিনি িাওয়া নেনলময় োয় সব িীরকশবাস রং ও গমের বািামর ওমঠ সবজ আমলার আাশ যেনিমর তারাই এখি শধ সবমজর সোরি আরামশর িীল যরামতর পরবাি অমলৌনরর গামির েছক িা জাগায় আশা পরামির নিতমর যবমজ উমঠ িামলাবাসা আিি রমর যিয় যসই িামলর িওয়ার গাি উোস রমর যসই আশা আখাঙখার পরাি আর া জল ঢারলা আমারে বশকরে

উিমরর নিমর তারামল যিখা োয় ঈশবমরর েখ যবমজ োয় আিমের গাি পলাবি িানসময় যিয় চানরনির উজজবল িময় উমঠ আোমির পরাি যতােরা িয়মতা যচময় যিমখা পরনতনিি যেমল িাও আোমির পরামি অনতিীি িতি রমর বামড় ওঠা ফমলর বাগামি অসংমখের সোমরামি বামজ রলতাি েমি এই সেময়র োমে সমে থারা সমনতর েধরতা েমি আমছ আারা যসই আারমড় ধমর থারার পরবিতা পরামি যিয় েখর উেলতা জল োল আমরা জল ডার আোমির নশরমড় চতনিক মরর িতি ফমলর সোমরাি ছনড়ময় িাও পরামির গিীমর

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গনতনতর রাজনীতত তিকষা ও দিশন

হিমাহি শেখর চকরবরতী

মানবতার আতদকাল থেককই রাজনীতত তিল যতদও একটা অতযনত আতদম গঠকন কারন সরল কোয় রাজনীতত উততর থ াো কজ এই পরকের থক

কার জনয তক করকব থকন এবং তকভাকব পরেটা সাধারণ ভাকব সথান ও সময় তনরকেকষ আর তািাড়া কষমতা আর পরততেতততর তসোতড়কত উের

আর নীকের মানকের মকধয আদান পরদাকনর সমপকশ ও রাজনীতত বহ পরােীনকাকল এই সমপকশ তিল ঈশবর আর মানকে েরবতীকত রাজা বা

সমরাটরা ধীকর ধীকর ঈশবকরর পরতততনতধ থ াকয় উঠকলা পরজাকগাতির বতির সকে িাসন পরতিয়ায় সতবধার জনয সমকয়র সকে সকে রাজিতি

তততর করকলা ধন আর মদরার ত সাব রকষক কর সংগর ক তসতনক আর আইনরকষক কাকল কাকল এই বযাবসথার সাফলয আর মানকের

িমবধশমান অতধকার সকেতনতা তনকয় একলা আধতনক রাজননততক পরনালীর আতদ গঠন - জনপরতততনতধতব মলক রাজনীতত অবিযই এই

তববতশ কন সময় থলকগকি অগাধ আর অকনক সংগরাম কষয় ও মানকের আতমতযাগ তকনত থিেেযশনত রাজনীততকক বা রাজননততক কমশ পরনালীকক

আজককর অবসথাকন তনকয় আসা মানব সভযতার একটা তবরাট ও কাযশকরী সাফলয আর তাই রাজনীততকক তনকয় আধতনক মানে গবশ করকতই

োকর

এ ন পরে থ াকলা রাজনীতত পরনালীর এই উনমাগশগামীতা সমভব কলা তকভাকব উততরটা ব স কজ তদতি মানে ততি অতভজঞতা আর থ ার

বাসতব বতিকত বঝকত োকরতিল থয রাজনীতত যতদ থিে অবতধ অতধকাংি মানকের ভাল থকারকত োয় তকব থসই ভাল করার েিতত তনমশাকন

গভীর দবনদব োককবই আর থযক ত এই দবনদব মানকের দবাতনদবক জীবন আর তবশব অতভজঞতারই পরকাি একটা েিততকত সততই ভল তকিটা কম

োককব অনয েিততর থেকক আর আধতনক রাজনীততর একটা তিতিক পরতিয়া কব থসই কম ভল েিততকক তনণশয় করা মানে এটাও বঝল

থয এই তনণশয় িরীর বা গলার িতিকত কব না োই যতি তভতততক আকলােনা মলযায়ন আর আেকসর তনণশয় এল গনতনতর আর থযক ত

গনতাতনতরক েকে সমাকজর বা রাকের পরকতযককর মতামত মলযবান মানব পরতততনতধকতবর তবসতার আর গভীরতা আনা কলা গনতনবশােন েিততকত

থযমন আকগ বকলতি রাজনীততর এই ম ান তববতশ ন আধতনক মানকের আর তাো র উননত যতি কষমতা ও ঐিীর এক অসাধারন উদবতশ ন তকনত

নতন সংকট আসকত থদরী কলা না আমরা তা বতঝ বা না বতঝ এই সংকট একাকেশ গনতাতনতরক পরনালীর মকধয সতি থ াকলও একলা অকনকটা

তনিঃিকে আর তাই আমাকদর পরতততিয়া অকনক সমকয়ই থগল ভল েকে এবার থস কোয় আতস

যতি আকলােনা মলযায়ণ আর তনণশয় এই োরটি োয়া যার উের গনতাতনতরক রাজনীতত দাো তড়কয় আকি তা আমাকদর তজব গণ নয় এরা

অতজশ ত আর অনিীতলত গন আর থয পরনালীকত তা অতজশ ত য় তার নাম তিকষা আরও সঠিক অকেশ মিমন আর যতি থকতিক তিকষা

বতততমলক নয় যার পরকয়াজন অনয জায়গায় জীতবকার পরকে গত পরায় অিশ িতােী ধকর েতেবীর অকনক বড় রাে সাধারণ ভাকব এই মিমন-

যতি থকতিক তিকষা তবসতকরর তবেকয় যকেি পরকেিা থদ ায়তন তার কারণগতল অবিযই আলাদা তবতভনন রাকের থকষকে ক নও অেশননততক

ক নও রাে ধনী থ াকয়ও সমাকজর তকি অংকির একটা তিকষা তবকরাধী সনাতন মানতসকতা বা ক নও রােীয় কষমতার অবশােীন অদরদিীতা

তকি থকষকে অতনেণ াকত ভল নীতত তনধশারণ ব সামপরততক কাকল এই ভরাতনতর ফল আমারা েতরষকার থদ কত োতি েতেবীর অকনকগতল

গনতকনতর সংকটগকলা তবতবধ েকে একসকি ১) সাধারণ নাগতরককদর গতরিাংকির রাজননততক উদাসীনতা এর একটা তনমনতম পরকাকি তকি

মানে ভাবকত তি কি থয রাজননততক সকেতনতার পরকাি সামাতজক থকষকে অনাকেশনীয় এমনতক অনযায় মা বাবা সনতানকক থবাঝাকিন -

থকান রাজননততক বযাোকর মাো গলাকব না ২) রাজননততক মতাননকয অকনক সময় ততিতা তববাদ এমনতক িারীতরক ানা াতন অবতধ

থে োকি যাকি আমরা ভকল যাতি যা আকগই বকলতি থয গনতকনতরর পরেম থসাোন তভননমত আর দবাতনদবকতা আর তার সফলতা দবকনদবর মধয

থেককই উততমতম নীতত তননশয় ৩) এটা সবকেকক ভয়াব এবং অকনকাকেশ (১) আর (২) থকও উততকরাততর পরভাতবত করকি তা থ াকলা

রাজনীততকত এবং রাজননততক অতধকার পরকাি ও বযাব াকর (তনবশােকন অংিগর ণ) তিতকষকতর অতন া থয িনযতা তততর করকি তা েরণ করকি

অতনেণ অসৎ উকেিযকামী অিতিতকষতরা তততর থ াকি তনমন মাকনর রােিতির যারা অকনক থকষকেই মিমন-যতি থকতিক তিকষার

পরসার অনিীলন ও রাজযিাসকনর নীতত তনধশারকন ঐ তিকষার মলয তদকত োইকি না বা োরকি না তিতকষকতর থয থকাকনা তনতদশ ি আর পরাসতেক

থেিায় বা গকন তনেণ কো শকন রােীয় নীততকরন পরকয়াজনীয় থমাকন করকি না অতিকষা আর অসকেতনতা জতনত তকি আোত জনতপরয়

ধারনাকক ইনধন যতগকয় এই নতন রােিতিগতল একটা ভীড়-তাতড়ত অপরগততিীল আর কাল-তবকরাতধ েকে থযকত োইকি থেতকন বা

অকেতকন এটা তনরািা তততর ককর পরততবাদ থকারকল মিমনা োকা পরগততিীল সনাতন ঐতত যর তবধবংসীকাতর থবাকল সরাসতর বা

সামাতজক পরোরমাধযকম রটনা শর য় তেনতাতবম মানেকদর মগজকধালাই থকারকত

এটা তনিঃসকেক আধতনক গনতকনতরর একটা সংকট অবিয ইতত াকস এই েি আকগও থ াকয়কি যা অবকিকে গনতনতরকক উননততর ককরকি

তনরাি নই এবারও য়ত তাই কব এই সংককটর একটাই সমাধান - তিতকষতকদর সামাতজক এবং রাজননততক তবেকয় মননতসি ওয়া

স কজ বযতিগত আ াত না থেকত থি া (েতিকম একটা পরকাি আকি Dont be a snowflake) আর কঠিন থ াকলও

রাজনীততকত সকেতন ভাকব অংি থনওয়া আধতনক তিতকষতকদর রাজনীততকক ণা করার পরবনতাটা ঠিক নয় যতদও এটা বলা স জ তকনত করা

য়ত ততটাই কঠিন আর ঠিক আগামীকাল থেককই শর করা যাকব না তকব এটা েতরষকার থয আদিশ তিকষাতব ীন গনতনতর অকনকটাই

অসমপণশ আর সংকটটা থযক ত আমাকদর গনতনতরগতলর অনতর তনসত আধতনক তিকষােিততর অনতর থিাধন পরাসতেক এবং মলযবান এবার

থসই তবেকয় আতস

যতিম ী তিকষার অননয সরতণ তবজঞান তিকষা এ াকন একটা কো পরেকমই থবাকল রাত থয তবজঞানকলার তনযশাস আর তবজঞান দিশন তি কত -

থযটা এ াকন মল পরাসতেক - গতনকতর পরকয়াজন থনই তবজঞান সতয আতবষকাকরর একটা েণশ অনিীতলত েিতত যা সমপণশ তনভশ র ককর যতি

তেয সং যা পরমাকণর েনরাবততত আর পরাকলবধ জঞাকনর উের থকান বযাতিগত বা সমতিগত অনভব বা তবশবাকসর ওের নয় তবজঞাকনর

েতেবীকত তবকি সতয থবাকল তকি থনই এটাও মকন রা কত কব থয তবজঞাকনর সতয অতনতম নয় এই সতয মানকের উৎকিতম কাতরগতর

কষমতায় সবকেকক যতিগরা য আজককর উেলতবধ যা েরবতীকাকল সতযতর বার সমভাবনা রাক তকনত সাধারণ নাগতরককর তবজঞান তিকষা

তবজঞানী বার জনয নয় বরং আরও বযােক - জীবকন মনকন আর তেনতকন যতিমনা ওয়া এবং স -নাগতরককর যিতনভশ র ধারনা বা মতকক

মলয থদওয়া আদিশ তেতামাতা আদিশ সনতান আদিশ ভাইকবান আর আদিশ বনধ ওয়া

মিমনা বার তদবতীয় িতশ তবমতশ কিনা িতি একটা উদা রণ থদওয়া যাক আমরা থসাজা দতিকত থোক র সামকন পরাকততক েটভতম থদ কত

োই অকনকক আোককতও োতর এবার যতদ কিনা থকারকত বলা য় থয ঐ েটভতম থকমন থদ াকব যতদ িীেশাসন থকাকর উকে থদ া য়

আমরা অকনককই ভাবকত বা আোককত োরকবা না তবজঞান তিকষা এ াকনও মলযবান তার সকে তিি তবকিে ককর তবমতশ তিি তিকষাও এক

উননত েিতত তবমতশ কিনািতি আমাকদর মতশ জগকতর অনধতব থেকক আকলায় আসার এক অমলয থসাোন

সবকিকে দরকার তকশ তনেনতা তবকিেত থ ারতর দবাতনদবক েতরকবকি নীততকবাধ আর নযায়কবাকধর সকে আেস না থকাকর এ াকন দিশনিাসতর-

তিকষা একটা অগাধ ভতমকা তনকত োকর মকন রা কত কব দিশনতবদযা পরােয বা োিাতয মানব ইতত াকসর পরােীনতম তবদযা আর এই

তবেকয়র উেলবধ জঞান মানকের দী শতম অতভজঞতা পরসত সকষ ও উচচমাগীয় মনন সমি মলযবান উেলতবধ দিশনতবদযা আমাকদর উেযি

আর পরাসতেক থসই পরে থকারকত থি ায় যার উততর আমাকদর বযতি আতমর বাইকর উনমি ককর আমরা বঝকত তিত সমাজবিতার তনগঢ

অেশ দিশন আমাকক থি ায় থয সসথ সমাকজ আমার পরততদবতেতা যতির সংকগ বযতির সংকগ নয় থয একটা বযাততিমী তেয ক নও একটা

েণশ সতযকক পরততিা ককর না থয যতির উেসং ার শধমাে ঠিক আর থবঠিককর মকধযই সীমাবি নয় থয কারণ অজঞাত মাকনই থকাকনা দাবী

সতয নয় থয তবশবাকসর সতযতা পরমাকনর দাতয়তব তবশবাসকক থয সকে ককর তাো র উের বতশ ায় না থয একটা ধারণা জনতপরয় কলও তা

অকমা অসতয স কজই থ াকত োকর ইতযাতদ অতএব মলকো তিকষার পরসাকরর সকে তিকষার এই ধরকনর মাকনাননয়ন উননততর নাগতরক

তততর করকব

অতনতকম পরে থ াকলা তিকষাকক তকব তকভাকব গনতকনতরর অেীভত করা যাকব পরেমতিঃ ককলজ অবতধ তিকষাকক বাধযতামলক কথর তা

সাধারণ নাগতরককর কাকি তবনামকলয থে োকিাকনা একটা পরােতমক আর থম তলক পরকয়াজন তদবতীয়তিঃ ধীর তকনত অবিযমভাবী গততকত নাগতরককর

তিকষাকক তাো র গনতাতনতরক অতধকাকরর মান তনণশয়কনর একটি তলাদনড ত সাকব সংতবধানভি করকত কব ততীয়তিঃ এই তিকষায় তিতকষত

তনবশাতেত জনপরতততনতধ বা রাজনীততক গনতকনতরর কমশিতিকক তীকষণ ও বযাপত ককর এক কলেমতির তদিা থদকব

আগামীর নবয-গনতাতনতরক রাজনীততর েকে তা কব এক আকাতিত দঢ ও পরসসথ েদককষে

Wish you all Subho Bijaya

From Pal and Sambataro Family (Dhananjay Ranu Arijit

Arundhati Joey Hiran and Aryana) October 2019

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BEST WISHES AND SEASONS GREETINGS FROM ANUKAR CHARITABLE AND GHOSE FAMILY

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa ke bina bitay na koi sama

Beti behan ardhangini hai Maa

Dus Bhujao ki Shakti se bani ye Durga Maa

Bachon ke chanchal mann mae

Vidya ka samarpan karati hai ye Saraswati Maa

Hamara bhavishya ujjwal krnay ke liyay

Dhan ko sambhal k rakhti hai ye Lakshmi Maa

Kokh se jeevan br tk

Kasto se ladne ki himmat deti hai ye Kali Maa

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa k bina bitay na koi samahellip

Durga Maa

Lakshmi Maa Kali Maa

Saraswati Maa

Maa Subhamay Pramanik and Sandeep Kaur

Upanishad which says ldquoJust as a spider spins a thread out of his own body and makes a web God created this universe out of His own body (Mundaka Upanishad)rdquo The universe is the body of Brahman Brahman is the supreme soul of that body Individual souls exist as the innumerable life cells of that cosmic body Like Madhwa Ramanuja accepted Brahman as eternal personal God (Vishnu) and a repository of all blessed qualities The path of devotion culminating in complete self surrender to God is absolutely necessary to attain salvation Ramanujarsquos theory stipulates that though individual souls differ from one another they have the essential nature of Brahman (Satyam-Jnanam-Anantam) Therefore individual soul cannot be eternally damned Both Brahman and the material world are real and separate entities just as an embodied soul is a separate entity from the body Brahman as the supreme soul of His creation is the lord and the ruler of the cosmic process Non-dualistic Theory (Advaitabad) This theory was propounded by eighth century saint and philosopher Shankara The spirit of Shankararsquos philosophy is

Brahman is the absolute existence consciousness and bliss (Sat-Chid-Ananda) Brahman is the absolute reality because He is changeless and has no beginning and no end

The material world is not real because it is constantly changing According to this theory absolute reality implies permanent existence To an illumined mind Brahman is the only reality

Brahman (Paramatman) and the individual self (atman) are one Atman is the individual consciousness and that is the reality behind all our experiences The objects of our experiences are not real Knower is real Known is not Every object of knowledge every object of experience is subject to change Therefore it can not be real

According to Shankara knowledge is self-luminous It illumines the object of knowledge Knowledge is pure consciousness It is absolute It is atman the light itself Maya is the power of superimposition Because we are under the spell of this mysterious power the material world seems so real to us Names and forms are just illusions nothing more Maya is equated with ignorance Because of our ignorance we think that the world is real Individual self when united with maya becomes ego If we can enlighten ourselves through pure thinking and gaining right knowledge through the path of knowledge (Jnana Yoga) we can remove our ego and then only we can be self-realized persons To a self-realized person world is merely a projection of Brahman In essence God individual souls and the universe are one not separate entities Swami Vivekananda used his great harmonizing skill to tie these three Vedantic thoughts together He stressed the common element in these theories He pointed out that they all believed in God In Swamijirsquos mind these theories are not contradictory Actually they are complementary It depends on different grades of spiritual experience of the people People are at the different steps of spiritual ladder To those who are at the low end of the ladder Dualistic theory

makes perfect sense They follow the path of devotion They worship forms and names (gods and goddesses) to outpour their devotion Devotion to God (Bhakti Yoga) is their chosen way to love and surrender to God Qualified Non-Dualistic theory makes sense for those who are at the higher level of spiritual ladder Through meditation (Dhyana Yoga) and devotion and total surrender to God (Bhakti Yoga) they can identify atman with Brahman Non-Dualistic theory is the highest order of Vedanta philosophy Non-Dualists are people who attain the highest step of spiritual ladder The steepest path of knowledge (Jnana Yoga) is their highest ideal They see in all beings oneness with Brahman

Here is a short passage in Swamijirsquos own writings on this subject ldquoAs society exists at the present time all these three stages are necessary the one does not deny the other one is simply the fulfillment of other The Advaitist or the Qualified Advaitist does not say that dualism is wrong it is the right view but a lower one It is on the way to truth therefore let everybody work out his own vision of this universe according to his own ideas Injure none deny the position of none Take man where he stands and if you can lend him a helping hand and put him on a higher platformrdquo

References The Spiritual Heritage of India by Swami Prabhavananda Jnana Yoga by Swami Vivekananda

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Aruna Chaudhari

Sheetal Narkhede

Sukalpa (4yr and Sanandi Banerjee (9yr)

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অনিমেষ ধর

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নিেশীতল আরক টির িাওয়া িাড় রাা নিময় নিমে যেি এরটা নিেকে শীতলতা চতনিক মর গরাস রমর নিমে িাতািীি গাছিালা তার অবয়মবর েমধে িমর থারমছ িনরমবমশর নিেকলতা িাত ছা ময় িমর োমে িঠাৎ শর িময় োয় িনিনি িাওয়া নেনলময় োয় সব িীরকশবাস রং ও গমের বািামর ওমঠ সবজ আমলার আাশ যেনিমর তারাই এখি শধ সবমজর সোরি আরামশর িীল যরামতর পরবাি অমলৌনরর গামির েছক িা জাগায় আশা পরামির নিতমর যবমজ উমঠ িামলাবাসা আিি রমর যিয় যসই িামলর িওয়ার গাি উোস রমর যসই আশা আখাঙখার পরাি আর া জল ঢারলা আমারে বশকরে

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গনতনতর রাজনীতত তিকষা ও দিশন

হিমাহি শেখর চকরবরতী

মানবতার আতদকাল থেককই রাজনীতত তিল যতদও একটা অতযনত আতদম গঠকন কারন সরল কোয় রাজনীতত উততর থ াো কজ এই পরকের থক

কার জনয তক করকব থকন এবং তকভাকব পরেটা সাধারণ ভাকব সথান ও সময় তনরকেকষ আর তািাড়া কষমতা আর পরততেতততর তসোতড়কত উের

আর নীকের মানকের মকধয আদান পরদাকনর সমপকশ ও রাজনীতত বহ পরােীনকাকল এই সমপকশ তিল ঈশবর আর মানকে েরবতীকত রাজা বা

সমরাটরা ধীকর ধীকর ঈশবকরর পরতততনতধ থ াকয় উঠকলা পরজাকগাতির বতির সকে িাসন পরতিয়ায় সতবধার জনয সমকয়র সকে সকে রাজিতি

তততর করকলা ধন আর মদরার ত সাব রকষক কর সংগর ক তসতনক আর আইনরকষক কাকল কাকল এই বযাবসথার সাফলয আর মানকের

িমবধশমান অতধকার সকেতনতা তনকয় একলা আধতনক রাজননততক পরনালীর আতদ গঠন - জনপরতততনতধতব মলক রাজনীতত অবিযই এই

তববতশ কন সময় থলকগকি অগাধ আর অকনক সংগরাম কষয় ও মানকের আতমতযাগ তকনত থিেেযশনত রাজনীততকক বা রাজননততক কমশ পরনালীকক

আজককর অবসথাকন তনকয় আসা মানব সভযতার একটা তবরাট ও কাযশকরী সাফলয আর তাই রাজনীততকক তনকয় আধতনক মানে গবশ করকতই

োকর

এ ন পরে থ াকলা রাজনীতত পরনালীর এই উনমাগশগামীতা সমভব কলা তকভাকব উততরটা ব স কজ তদতি মানে ততি অতভজঞতা আর থ ার

বাসতব বতিকত বঝকত োকরতিল থয রাজনীতত যতদ থিে অবতধ অতধকাংি মানকের ভাল থকারকত োয় তকব থসই ভাল করার েিতত তনমশাকন

গভীর দবনদব োককবই আর থযক ত এই দবনদব মানকের দবাতনদবক জীবন আর তবশব অতভজঞতারই পরকাি একটা েিততকত সততই ভল তকিটা কম

োককব অনয েিততর থেকক আর আধতনক রাজনীততর একটা তিতিক পরতিয়া কব থসই কম ভল েিততকক তনণশয় করা মানে এটাও বঝল

থয এই তনণশয় িরীর বা গলার িতিকত কব না োই যতি তভতততক আকলােনা মলযায়ন আর আেকসর তনণশয় এল গনতনতর আর থযক ত

গনতাতনতরক েকে সমাকজর বা রাকের পরকতযককর মতামত মলযবান মানব পরতততনতধকতবর তবসতার আর গভীরতা আনা কলা গনতনবশােন েিততকত

থযমন আকগ বকলতি রাজনীততর এই ম ান তববতশ ন আধতনক মানকের আর তাো র উননত যতি কষমতা ও ঐিীর এক অসাধারন উদবতশ ন তকনত

নতন সংকট আসকত থদরী কলা না আমরা তা বতঝ বা না বতঝ এই সংকট একাকেশ গনতাতনতরক পরনালীর মকধয সতি থ াকলও একলা অকনকটা

তনিঃিকে আর তাই আমাকদর পরতততিয়া অকনক সমকয়ই থগল ভল েকে এবার থস কোয় আতস

যতি আকলােনা মলযায়ণ আর তনণশয় এই োরটি োয়া যার উের গনতাতনতরক রাজনীতত দাো তড়কয় আকি তা আমাকদর তজব গণ নয় এরা

অতজশ ত আর অনিীতলত গন আর থয পরনালীকত তা অতজশ ত য় তার নাম তিকষা আরও সঠিক অকেশ মিমন আর যতি থকতিক তিকষা

বতততমলক নয় যার পরকয়াজন অনয জায়গায় জীতবকার পরকে গত পরায় অিশ িতােী ধকর েতেবীর অকনক বড় রাে সাধারণ ভাকব এই মিমন-

যতি থকতিক তিকষা তবসতকরর তবেকয় যকেি পরকেিা থদ ায়তন তার কারণগতল অবিযই আলাদা তবতভনন রাকের থকষকে ক নও অেশননততক

ক নও রাে ধনী থ াকয়ও সমাকজর তকি অংকির একটা তিকষা তবকরাধী সনাতন মানতসকতা বা ক নও রােীয় কষমতার অবশােীন অদরদিীতা

তকি থকষকে অতনেণ াকত ভল নীতত তনধশারণ ব সামপরততক কাকল এই ভরাতনতর ফল আমারা েতরষকার থদ কত োতি েতেবীর অকনকগতল

গনতকনতর সংকটগকলা তবতবধ েকে একসকি ১) সাধারণ নাগতরককদর গতরিাংকির রাজননততক উদাসীনতা এর একটা তনমনতম পরকাকি তকি

মানে ভাবকত তি কি থয রাজননততক সকেতনতার পরকাি সামাতজক থকষকে অনাকেশনীয় এমনতক অনযায় মা বাবা সনতানকক থবাঝাকিন -

থকান রাজননততক বযাোকর মাো গলাকব না ২) রাজননততক মতাননকয অকনক সময় ততিতা তববাদ এমনতক িারীতরক ানা াতন অবতধ

থে োকি যাকি আমরা ভকল যাতি যা আকগই বকলতি থয গনতকনতরর পরেম থসাোন তভননমত আর দবাতনদবকতা আর তার সফলতা দবকনদবর মধয

থেককই উততমতম নীতত তননশয় ৩) এটা সবকেকক ভয়াব এবং অকনকাকেশ (১) আর (২) থকও উততকরাততর পরভাতবত করকি তা থ াকলা

রাজনীততকত এবং রাজননততক অতধকার পরকাি ও বযাব াকর (তনবশােকন অংিগর ণ) তিতকষকতর অতন া থয িনযতা তততর করকি তা েরণ করকি

অতনেণ অসৎ উকেিযকামী অিতিতকষতরা তততর থ াকি তনমন মাকনর রােিতির যারা অকনক থকষকেই মিমন-যতি থকতিক তিকষার

পরসার অনিীলন ও রাজযিাসকনর নীতত তনধশারকন ঐ তিকষার মলয তদকত োইকি না বা োরকি না তিতকষকতর থয থকাকনা তনতদশ ি আর পরাসতেক

থেিায় বা গকন তনেণ কো শকন রােীয় নীততকরন পরকয়াজনীয় থমাকন করকি না অতিকষা আর অসকেতনতা জতনত তকি আোত জনতপরয়

ধারনাকক ইনধন যতগকয় এই নতন রােিতিগতল একটা ভীড়-তাতড়ত অপরগততিীল আর কাল-তবকরাতধ েকে থযকত োইকি থেতকন বা

অকেতকন এটা তনরািা তততর ককর পরততবাদ থকারকল মিমনা োকা পরগততিীল সনাতন ঐতত যর তবধবংসীকাতর থবাকল সরাসতর বা

সামাতজক পরোরমাধযকম রটনা শর য় তেনতাতবম মানেকদর মগজকধালাই থকারকত

এটা তনিঃসকেক আধতনক গনতকনতরর একটা সংকট অবিয ইতত াকস এই েি আকগও থ াকয়কি যা অবকিকে গনতনতরকক উননততর ককরকি

তনরাি নই এবারও য়ত তাই কব এই সংককটর একটাই সমাধান - তিতকষতকদর সামাতজক এবং রাজননততক তবেকয় মননতসি ওয়া

স কজ বযতিগত আ াত না থেকত থি া (েতিকম একটা পরকাি আকি Dont be a snowflake) আর কঠিন থ াকলও

রাজনীততকত সকেতন ভাকব অংি থনওয়া আধতনক তিতকষতকদর রাজনীততকক ণা করার পরবনতাটা ঠিক নয় যতদও এটা বলা স জ তকনত করা

য়ত ততটাই কঠিন আর ঠিক আগামীকাল থেককই শর করা যাকব না তকব এটা েতরষকার থয আদিশ তিকষাতব ীন গনতনতর অকনকটাই

অসমপণশ আর সংকটটা থযক ত আমাকদর গনতনতরগতলর অনতর তনসত আধতনক তিকষােিততর অনতর থিাধন পরাসতেক এবং মলযবান এবার

থসই তবেকয় আতস

যতিম ী তিকষার অননয সরতণ তবজঞান তিকষা এ াকন একটা কো পরেকমই থবাকল রাত থয তবজঞানকলার তনযশাস আর তবজঞান দিশন তি কত -

থযটা এ াকন মল পরাসতেক - গতনকতর পরকয়াজন থনই তবজঞান সতয আতবষকাকরর একটা েণশ অনিীতলত েিতত যা সমপণশ তনভশ র ককর যতি

তেয সং যা পরমাকণর েনরাবততত আর পরাকলবধ জঞাকনর উের থকান বযাতিগত বা সমতিগত অনভব বা তবশবাকসর ওের নয় তবজঞাকনর

েতেবীকত তবকি সতয থবাকল তকি থনই এটাও মকন রা কত কব থয তবজঞাকনর সতয অতনতম নয় এই সতয মানকের উৎকিতম কাতরগতর

কষমতায় সবকেকক যতিগরা য আজককর উেলতবধ যা েরবতীকাকল সতযতর বার সমভাবনা রাক তকনত সাধারণ নাগতরককর তবজঞান তিকষা

তবজঞানী বার জনয নয় বরং আরও বযােক - জীবকন মনকন আর তেনতকন যতিমনা ওয়া এবং স -নাগতরককর যিতনভশ র ধারনা বা মতকক

মলয থদওয়া আদিশ তেতামাতা আদিশ সনতান আদিশ ভাইকবান আর আদিশ বনধ ওয়া

মিমনা বার তদবতীয় িতশ তবমতশ কিনা িতি একটা উদা রণ থদওয়া যাক আমরা থসাজা দতিকত থোক র সামকন পরাকততক েটভতম থদ কত

োই অকনকক আোককতও োতর এবার যতদ কিনা থকারকত বলা য় থয ঐ েটভতম থকমন থদ াকব যতদ িীেশাসন থকাকর উকে থদ া য়

আমরা অকনককই ভাবকত বা আোককত োরকবা না তবজঞান তিকষা এ াকনও মলযবান তার সকে তিি তবকিে ককর তবমতশ তিি তিকষাও এক

উননত েিতত তবমতশ কিনািতি আমাকদর মতশ জগকতর অনধতব থেকক আকলায় আসার এক অমলয থসাোন

সবকিকে দরকার তকশ তনেনতা তবকিেত থ ারতর দবাতনদবক েতরকবকি নীততকবাধ আর নযায়কবাকধর সকে আেস না থকাকর এ াকন দিশনিাসতর-

তিকষা একটা অগাধ ভতমকা তনকত োকর মকন রা কত কব দিশনতবদযা পরােয বা োিাতয মানব ইতত াকসর পরােীনতম তবদযা আর এই

তবেকয়র উেলবধ জঞান মানকের দী শতম অতভজঞতা পরসত সকষ ও উচচমাগীয় মনন সমি মলযবান উেলতবধ দিশনতবদযা আমাকদর উেযি

আর পরাসতেক থসই পরে থকারকত থি ায় যার উততর আমাকদর বযতি আতমর বাইকর উনমি ককর আমরা বঝকত তিত সমাজবিতার তনগঢ

অেশ দিশন আমাকক থি ায় থয সসথ সমাকজ আমার পরততদবতেতা যতির সংকগ বযতির সংকগ নয় থয একটা বযাততিমী তেয ক নও একটা

েণশ সতযকক পরততিা ককর না থয যতির উেসং ার শধমাে ঠিক আর থবঠিককর মকধযই সীমাবি নয় থয কারণ অজঞাত মাকনই থকাকনা দাবী

সতয নয় থয তবশবাকসর সতযতা পরমাকনর দাতয়তব তবশবাসকক থয সকে ককর তাো র উের বতশ ায় না থয একটা ধারণা জনতপরয় কলও তা

অকমা অসতয স কজই থ াকত োকর ইতযাতদ অতএব মলকো তিকষার পরসাকরর সকে তিকষার এই ধরকনর মাকনাননয়ন উননততর নাগতরক

তততর করকব

অতনতকম পরে থ াকলা তিকষাকক তকব তকভাকব গনতকনতরর অেীভত করা যাকব পরেমতিঃ ককলজ অবতধ তিকষাকক বাধযতামলক কথর তা

সাধারণ নাগতরককর কাকি তবনামকলয থে োকিাকনা একটা পরােতমক আর থম তলক পরকয়াজন তদবতীয়তিঃ ধীর তকনত অবিযমভাবী গততকত নাগতরককর

তিকষাকক তাো র গনতাতনতরক অতধকাকরর মান তনণশয়কনর একটি তলাদনড ত সাকব সংতবধানভি করকত কব ততীয়তিঃ এই তিকষায় তিতকষত

তনবশাতেত জনপরতততনতধ বা রাজনীততক গনতকনতরর কমশিতিকক তীকষণ ও বযাপত ককর এক কলেমতির তদিা থদকব

আগামীর নবয-গনতাতনতরক রাজনীততর েকে তা কব এক আকাতিত দঢ ও পরসসথ েদককষে

Wish you all Subho Bijaya

From Pal and Sambataro Family (Dhananjay Ranu Arijit

Arundhati Joey Hiran and Aryana) October 2019

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BEST WISHES AND SEASONS GREETINGS FROM ANUKAR CHARITABLE AND GHOSE FAMILY

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa ke bina bitay na koi sama

Beti behan ardhangini hai Maa

Dus Bhujao ki Shakti se bani ye Durga Maa

Bachon ke chanchal mann mae

Vidya ka samarpan karati hai ye Saraswati Maa

Hamara bhavishya ujjwal krnay ke liyay

Dhan ko sambhal k rakhti hai ye Lakshmi Maa

Kokh se jeevan br tk

Kasto se ladne ki himmat deti hai ye Kali Maa

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa k bina bitay na koi samahellip

Durga Maa

Lakshmi Maa Kali Maa

Saraswati Maa

Maa Subhamay Pramanik and Sandeep Kaur

makes perfect sense They follow the path of devotion They worship forms and names (gods and goddesses) to outpour their devotion Devotion to God (Bhakti Yoga) is their chosen way to love and surrender to God Qualified Non-Dualistic theory makes sense for those who are at the higher level of spiritual ladder Through meditation (Dhyana Yoga) and devotion and total surrender to God (Bhakti Yoga) they can identify atman with Brahman Non-Dualistic theory is the highest order of Vedanta philosophy Non-Dualists are people who attain the highest step of spiritual ladder The steepest path of knowledge (Jnana Yoga) is their highest ideal They see in all beings oneness with Brahman

Here is a short passage in Swamijirsquos own writings on this subject ldquoAs society exists at the present time all these three stages are necessary the one does not deny the other one is simply the fulfillment of other The Advaitist or the Qualified Advaitist does not say that dualism is wrong it is the right view but a lower one It is on the way to truth therefore let everybody work out his own vision of this universe according to his own ideas Injure none deny the position of none Take man where he stands and if you can lend him a helping hand and put him on a higher platformrdquo

References The Spiritual Heritage of India by Swami Prabhavananda Jnana Yoga by Swami Vivekananda

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Aruna Chaudhari

Sheetal Narkhede

Sukalpa (4yr and Sanandi Banerjee (9yr)

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গনতনতর রাজনীতত তিকষা ও দিশন

হিমাহি শেখর চকরবরতী

মানবতার আতদকাল থেককই রাজনীতত তিল যতদও একটা অতযনত আতদম গঠকন কারন সরল কোয় রাজনীতত উততর থ াো কজ এই পরকের থক

কার জনয তক করকব থকন এবং তকভাকব পরেটা সাধারণ ভাকব সথান ও সময় তনরকেকষ আর তািাড়া কষমতা আর পরততেতততর তসোতড়কত উের

আর নীকের মানকের মকধয আদান পরদাকনর সমপকশ ও রাজনীতত বহ পরােীনকাকল এই সমপকশ তিল ঈশবর আর মানকে েরবতীকত রাজা বা

সমরাটরা ধীকর ধীকর ঈশবকরর পরতততনতধ থ াকয় উঠকলা পরজাকগাতির বতির সকে িাসন পরতিয়ায় সতবধার জনয সমকয়র সকে সকে রাজিতি

তততর করকলা ধন আর মদরার ত সাব রকষক কর সংগর ক তসতনক আর আইনরকষক কাকল কাকল এই বযাবসথার সাফলয আর মানকের

িমবধশমান অতধকার সকেতনতা তনকয় একলা আধতনক রাজননততক পরনালীর আতদ গঠন - জনপরতততনতধতব মলক রাজনীতত অবিযই এই

তববতশ কন সময় থলকগকি অগাধ আর অকনক সংগরাম কষয় ও মানকের আতমতযাগ তকনত থিেেযশনত রাজনীততকক বা রাজননততক কমশ পরনালীকক

আজককর অবসথাকন তনকয় আসা মানব সভযতার একটা তবরাট ও কাযশকরী সাফলয আর তাই রাজনীততকক তনকয় আধতনক মানে গবশ করকতই

োকর

এ ন পরে থ াকলা রাজনীতত পরনালীর এই উনমাগশগামীতা সমভব কলা তকভাকব উততরটা ব স কজ তদতি মানে ততি অতভজঞতা আর থ ার

বাসতব বতিকত বঝকত োকরতিল থয রাজনীতত যতদ থিে অবতধ অতধকাংি মানকের ভাল থকারকত োয় তকব থসই ভাল করার েিতত তনমশাকন

গভীর দবনদব োককবই আর থযক ত এই দবনদব মানকের দবাতনদবক জীবন আর তবশব অতভজঞতারই পরকাি একটা েিততকত সততই ভল তকিটা কম

োককব অনয েিততর থেকক আর আধতনক রাজনীততর একটা তিতিক পরতিয়া কব থসই কম ভল েিততকক তনণশয় করা মানে এটাও বঝল

থয এই তনণশয় িরীর বা গলার িতিকত কব না োই যতি তভতততক আকলােনা মলযায়ন আর আেকসর তনণশয় এল গনতনতর আর থযক ত

গনতাতনতরক েকে সমাকজর বা রাকের পরকতযককর মতামত মলযবান মানব পরতততনতধকতবর তবসতার আর গভীরতা আনা কলা গনতনবশােন েিততকত

থযমন আকগ বকলতি রাজনীততর এই ম ান তববতশ ন আধতনক মানকের আর তাো র উননত যতি কষমতা ও ঐিীর এক অসাধারন উদবতশ ন তকনত

নতন সংকট আসকত থদরী কলা না আমরা তা বতঝ বা না বতঝ এই সংকট একাকেশ গনতাতনতরক পরনালীর মকধয সতি থ াকলও একলা অকনকটা

তনিঃিকে আর তাই আমাকদর পরতততিয়া অকনক সমকয়ই থগল ভল েকে এবার থস কোয় আতস

যতি আকলােনা মলযায়ণ আর তনণশয় এই োরটি োয়া যার উের গনতাতনতরক রাজনীতত দাো তড়কয় আকি তা আমাকদর তজব গণ নয় এরা

অতজশ ত আর অনিীতলত গন আর থয পরনালীকত তা অতজশ ত য় তার নাম তিকষা আরও সঠিক অকেশ মিমন আর যতি থকতিক তিকষা

বতততমলক নয় যার পরকয়াজন অনয জায়গায় জীতবকার পরকে গত পরায় অিশ িতােী ধকর েতেবীর অকনক বড় রাে সাধারণ ভাকব এই মিমন-

যতি থকতিক তিকষা তবসতকরর তবেকয় যকেি পরকেিা থদ ায়তন তার কারণগতল অবিযই আলাদা তবতভনন রাকের থকষকে ক নও অেশননততক

ক নও রাে ধনী থ াকয়ও সমাকজর তকি অংকির একটা তিকষা তবকরাধী সনাতন মানতসকতা বা ক নও রােীয় কষমতার অবশােীন অদরদিীতা

তকি থকষকে অতনেণ াকত ভল নীতত তনধশারণ ব সামপরততক কাকল এই ভরাতনতর ফল আমারা েতরষকার থদ কত োতি েতেবীর অকনকগতল

গনতকনতর সংকটগকলা তবতবধ েকে একসকি ১) সাধারণ নাগতরককদর গতরিাংকির রাজননততক উদাসীনতা এর একটা তনমনতম পরকাকি তকি

মানে ভাবকত তি কি থয রাজননততক সকেতনতার পরকাি সামাতজক থকষকে অনাকেশনীয় এমনতক অনযায় মা বাবা সনতানকক থবাঝাকিন -

থকান রাজননততক বযাোকর মাো গলাকব না ২) রাজননততক মতাননকয অকনক সময় ততিতা তববাদ এমনতক িারীতরক ানা াতন অবতধ

থে োকি যাকি আমরা ভকল যাতি যা আকগই বকলতি থয গনতকনতরর পরেম থসাোন তভননমত আর দবাতনদবকতা আর তার সফলতা দবকনদবর মধয

থেককই উততমতম নীতত তননশয় ৩) এটা সবকেকক ভয়াব এবং অকনকাকেশ (১) আর (২) থকও উততকরাততর পরভাতবত করকি তা থ াকলা

রাজনীততকত এবং রাজননততক অতধকার পরকাি ও বযাব াকর (তনবশােকন অংিগর ণ) তিতকষকতর অতন া থয িনযতা তততর করকি তা েরণ করকি

অতনেণ অসৎ উকেিযকামী অিতিতকষতরা তততর থ াকি তনমন মাকনর রােিতির যারা অকনক থকষকেই মিমন-যতি থকতিক তিকষার

পরসার অনিীলন ও রাজযিাসকনর নীতত তনধশারকন ঐ তিকষার মলয তদকত োইকি না বা োরকি না তিতকষকতর থয থকাকনা তনতদশ ি আর পরাসতেক

থেিায় বা গকন তনেণ কো শকন রােীয় নীততকরন পরকয়াজনীয় থমাকন করকি না অতিকষা আর অসকেতনতা জতনত তকি আোত জনতপরয়

ধারনাকক ইনধন যতগকয় এই নতন রােিতিগতল একটা ভীড়-তাতড়ত অপরগততিীল আর কাল-তবকরাতধ েকে থযকত োইকি থেতকন বা

অকেতকন এটা তনরািা তততর ককর পরততবাদ থকারকল মিমনা োকা পরগততিীল সনাতন ঐতত যর তবধবংসীকাতর থবাকল সরাসতর বা

সামাতজক পরোরমাধযকম রটনা শর য় তেনতাতবম মানেকদর মগজকধালাই থকারকত

এটা তনিঃসকেক আধতনক গনতকনতরর একটা সংকট অবিয ইতত াকস এই েি আকগও থ াকয়কি যা অবকিকে গনতনতরকক উননততর ককরকি

তনরাি নই এবারও য়ত তাই কব এই সংককটর একটাই সমাধান - তিতকষতকদর সামাতজক এবং রাজননততক তবেকয় মননতসি ওয়া

স কজ বযতিগত আ াত না থেকত থি া (েতিকম একটা পরকাি আকি Dont be a snowflake) আর কঠিন থ াকলও

রাজনীততকত সকেতন ভাকব অংি থনওয়া আধতনক তিতকষতকদর রাজনীততকক ণা করার পরবনতাটা ঠিক নয় যতদও এটা বলা স জ তকনত করা

য়ত ততটাই কঠিন আর ঠিক আগামীকাল থেককই শর করা যাকব না তকব এটা েতরষকার থয আদিশ তিকষাতব ীন গনতনতর অকনকটাই

অসমপণশ আর সংকটটা থযক ত আমাকদর গনতনতরগতলর অনতর তনসত আধতনক তিকষােিততর অনতর থিাধন পরাসতেক এবং মলযবান এবার

থসই তবেকয় আতস

যতিম ী তিকষার অননয সরতণ তবজঞান তিকষা এ াকন একটা কো পরেকমই থবাকল রাত থয তবজঞানকলার তনযশাস আর তবজঞান দিশন তি কত -

থযটা এ াকন মল পরাসতেক - গতনকতর পরকয়াজন থনই তবজঞান সতয আতবষকাকরর একটা েণশ অনিীতলত েিতত যা সমপণশ তনভশ র ককর যতি

তেয সং যা পরমাকণর েনরাবততত আর পরাকলবধ জঞাকনর উের থকান বযাতিগত বা সমতিগত অনভব বা তবশবাকসর ওের নয় তবজঞাকনর

েতেবীকত তবকি সতয থবাকল তকি থনই এটাও মকন রা কত কব থয তবজঞাকনর সতয অতনতম নয় এই সতয মানকের উৎকিতম কাতরগতর

কষমতায় সবকেকক যতিগরা য আজককর উেলতবধ যা েরবতীকাকল সতযতর বার সমভাবনা রাক তকনত সাধারণ নাগতরককর তবজঞান তিকষা

তবজঞানী বার জনয নয় বরং আরও বযােক - জীবকন মনকন আর তেনতকন যতিমনা ওয়া এবং স -নাগতরককর যিতনভশ র ধারনা বা মতকক

মলয থদওয়া আদিশ তেতামাতা আদিশ সনতান আদিশ ভাইকবান আর আদিশ বনধ ওয়া

মিমনা বার তদবতীয় িতশ তবমতশ কিনা িতি একটা উদা রণ থদওয়া যাক আমরা থসাজা দতিকত থোক র সামকন পরাকততক েটভতম থদ কত

োই অকনকক আোককতও োতর এবার যতদ কিনা থকারকত বলা য় থয ঐ েটভতম থকমন থদ াকব যতদ িীেশাসন থকাকর উকে থদ া য়

আমরা অকনককই ভাবকত বা আোককত োরকবা না তবজঞান তিকষা এ াকনও মলযবান তার সকে তিি তবকিে ককর তবমতশ তিি তিকষাও এক

উননত েিতত তবমতশ কিনািতি আমাকদর মতশ জগকতর অনধতব থেকক আকলায় আসার এক অমলয থসাোন

সবকিকে দরকার তকশ তনেনতা তবকিেত থ ারতর দবাতনদবক েতরকবকি নীততকবাধ আর নযায়কবাকধর সকে আেস না থকাকর এ াকন দিশনিাসতর-

তিকষা একটা অগাধ ভতমকা তনকত োকর মকন রা কত কব দিশনতবদযা পরােয বা োিাতয মানব ইতত াকসর পরােীনতম তবদযা আর এই

তবেকয়র উেলবধ জঞান মানকের দী শতম অতভজঞতা পরসত সকষ ও উচচমাগীয় মনন সমি মলযবান উেলতবধ দিশনতবদযা আমাকদর উেযি

আর পরাসতেক থসই পরে থকারকত থি ায় যার উততর আমাকদর বযতি আতমর বাইকর উনমি ককর আমরা বঝকত তিত সমাজবিতার তনগঢ

অেশ দিশন আমাকক থি ায় থয সসথ সমাকজ আমার পরততদবতেতা যতির সংকগ বযতির সংকগ নয় থয একটা বযাততিমী তেয ক নও একটা

েণশ সতযকক পরততিা ককর না থয যতির উেসং ার শধমাে ঠিক আর থবঠিককর মকধযই সীমাবি নয় থয কারণ অজঞাত মাকনই থকাকনা দাবী

সতয নয় থয তবশবাকসর সতযতা পরমাকনর দাতয়তব তবশবাসকক থয সকে ককর তাো র উের বতশ ায় না থয একটা ধারণা জনতপরয় কলও তা

অকমা অসতয স কজই থ াকত োকর ইতযাতদ অতএব মলকো তিকষার পরসাকরর সকে তিকষার এই ধরকনর মাকনাননয়ন উননততর নাগতরক

তততর করকব

অতনতকম পরে থ াকলা তিকষাকক তকব তকভাকব গনতকনতরর অেীভত করা যাকব পরেমতিঃ ককলজ অবতধ তিকষাকক বাধযতামলক কথর তা

সাধারণ নাগতরককর কাকি তবনামকলয থে োকিাকনা একটা পরােতমক আর থম তলক পরকয়াজন তদবতীয়তিঃ ধীর তকনত অবিযমভাবী গততকত নাগতরককর

তিকষাকক তাো র গনতাতনতরক অতধকাকরর মান তনণশয়কনর একটি তলাদনড ত সাকব সংতবধানভি করকত কব ততীয়তিঃ এই তিকষায় তিতকষত

তনবশাতেত জনপরতততনতধ বা রাজনীততক গনতকনতরর কমশিতিকক তীকষণ ও বযাপত ককর এক কলেমতির তদিা থদকব

আগামীর নবয-গনতাতনতরক রাজনীততর েকে তা কব এক আকাতিত দঢ ও পরসসথ েদককষে

Wish you all Subho Bijaya

From Pal and Sambataro Family (Dhananjay Ranu Arijit

Arundhati Joey Hiran and Aryana) October 2019

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BEST WISHES AND SEASONS GREETINGS FROM ANUKAR CHARITABLE AND GHOSE FAMILY

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa ke bina bitay na koi sama

Beti behan ardhangini hai Maa

Dus Bhujao ki Shakti se bani ye Durga Maa

Bachon ke chanchal mann mae

Vidya ka samarpan karati hai ye Saraswati Maa

Hamara bhavishya ujjwal krnay ke liyay

Dhan ko sambhal k rakhti hai ye Lakshmi Maa

Kokh se jeevan br tk

Kasto se ladne ki himmat deti hai ye Kali Maa

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa k bina bitay na koi samahellip

Durga Maa

Lakshmi Maa Kali Maa

Saraswati Maa

Maa Subhamay Pramanik and Sandeep Kaur

Sheetal Narkhede

Sukalpa (4yr and Sanandi Banerjee (9yr)

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অনিমেষ ধর

আশা

নিেশীতল আরক টির িাওয়া িাড় রাা নিময় নিমে যেি এরটা নিেকে শীতলতা চতনিক মর গরাস রমর নিমে িাতািীি গাছিালা তার অবয়মবর েমধে িমর থারমছ িনরমবমশর নিেকলতা িাত ছা ময় িমর োমে িঠাৎ শর িময় োয় িনিনি িাওয়া নেনলময় োয় সব িীরকশবাস রং ও গমের বািামর ওমঠ সবজ আমলার আাশ যেনিমর তারাই এখি শধ সবমজর সোরি আরামশর িীল যরামতর পরবাি অমলৌনরর গামির েছক িা জাগায় আশা পরামির নিতমর যবমজ উমঠ িামলাবাসা আিি রমর যিয় যসই িামলর িওয়ার গাি উোস রমর যসই আশা আখাঙখার পরাি আর া জল ঢারলা আমারে বশকরে

উিমরর নিমর তারামল যিখা োয় ঈশবমরর েখ যবমজ োয় আিমের গাি পলাবি িানসময় যিয় চানরনির উজজবল িময় উমঠ আোমির পরাি যতােরা িয়মতা যচময় যিমখা পরনতনিি যেমল িাও আোমির পরামি অনতিীি িতি রমর বামড় ওঠা ফমলর বাগামি অসংমখের সোমরামি বামজ রলতাি েমি এই সেময়র োমে সমে থারা সমনতর েধরতা েমি আমছ আারা যসই আারমড় ধমর থারার পরবিতা পরামি যিয় েখর উেলতা জল োল আমরা জল ডার আোমির নশরমড় চতনিক মরর িতি ফমলর সোমরাি ছনড়ময় িাও পরামির গিীমর

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গনতনতর রাজনীতত তিকষা ও দিশন

হিমাহি শেখর চকরবরতী

মানবতার আতদকাল থেককই রাজনীতত তিল যতদও একটা অতযনত আতদম গঠকন কারন সরল কোয় রাজনীতত উততর থ াো কজ এই পরকের থক

কার জনয তক করকব থকন এবং তকভাকব পরেটা সাধারণ ভাকব সথান ও সময় তনরকেকষ আর তািাড়া কষমতা আর পরততেতততর তসোতড়কত উের

আর নীকের মানকের মকধয আদান পরদাকনর সমপকশ ও রাজনীতত বহ পরােীনকাকল এই সমপকশ তিল ঈশবর আর মানকে েরবতীকত রাজা বা

সমরাটরা ধীকর ধীকর ঈশবকরর পরতততনতধ থ াকয় উঠকলা পরজাকগাতির বতির সকে িাসন পরতিয়ায় সতবধার জনয সমকয়র সকে সকে রাজিতি

তততর করকলা ধন আর মদরার ত সাব রকষক কর সংগর ক তসতনক আর আইনরকষক কাকল কাকল এই বযাবসথার সাফলয আর মানকের

িমবধশমান অতধকার সকেতনতা তনকয় একলা আধতনক রাজননততক পরনালীর আতদ গঠন - জনপরতততনতধতব মলক রাজনীতত অবিযই এই

তববতশ কন সময় থলকগকি অগাধ আর অকনক সংগরাম কষয় ও মানকের আতমতযাগ তকনত থিেেযশনত রাজনীততকক বা রাজননততক কমশ পরনালীকক

আজককর অবসথাকন তনকয় আসা মানব সভযতার একটা তবরাট ও কাযশকরী সাফলয আর তাই রাজনীততকক তনকয় আধতনক মানে গবশ করকতই

োকর

এ ন পরে থ াকলা রাজনীতত পরনালীর এই উনমাগশগামীতা সমভব কলা তকভাকব উততরটা ব স কজ তদতি মানে ততি অতভজঞতা আর থ ার

বাসতব বতিকত বঝকত োকরতিল থয রাজনীতত যতদ থিে অবতধ অতধকাংি মানকের ভাল থকারকত োয় তকব থসই ভাল করার েিতত তনমশাকন

গভীর দবনদব োককবই আর থযক ত এই দবনদব মানকের দবাতনদবক জীবন আর তবশব অতভজঞতারই পরকাি একটা েিততকত সততই ভল তকিটা কম

োককব অনয েিততর থেকক আর আধতনক রাজনীততর একটা তিতিক পরতিয়া কব থসই কম ভল েিততকক তনণশয় করা মানে এটাও বঝল

থয এই তনণশয় িরীর বা গলার িতিকত কব না োই যতি তভতততক আকলােনা মলযায়ন আর আেকসর তনণশয় এল গনতনতর আর থযক ত

গনতাতনতরক েকে সমাকজর বা রাকের পরকতযককর মতামত মলযবান মানব পরতততনতধকতবর তবসতার আর গভীরতা আনা কলা গনতনবশােন েিততকত

থযমন আকগ বকলতি রাজনীততর এই ম ান তববতশ ন আধতনক মানকের আর তাো র উননত যতি কষমতা ও ঐিীর এক অসাধারন উদবতশ ন তকনত

নতন সংকট আসকত থদরী কলা না আমরা তা বতঝ বা না বতঝ এই সংকট একাকেশ গনতাতনতরক পরনালীর মকধয সতি থ াকলও একলা অকনকটা

তনিঃিকে আর তাই আমাকদর পরতততিয়া অকনক সমকয়ই থগল ভল েকে এবার থস কোয় আতস

যতি আকলােনা মলযায়ণ আর তনণশয় এই োরটি োয়া যার উের গনতাতনতরক রাজনীতত দাো তড়কয় আকি তা আমাকদর তজব গণ নয় এরা

অতজশ ত আর অনিীতলত গন আর থয পরনালীকত তা অতজশ ত য় তার নাম তিকষা আরও সঠিক অকেশ মিমন আর যতি থকতিক তিকষা

বতততমলক নয় যার পরকয়াজন অনয জায়গায় জীতবকার পরকে গত পরায় অিশ িতােী ধকর েতেবীর অকনক বড় রাে সাধারণ ভাকব এই মিমন-

যতি থকতিক তিকষা তবসতকরর তবেকয় যকেি পরকেিা থদ ায়তন তার কারণগতল অবিযই আলাদা তবতভনন রাকের থকষকে ক নও অেশননততক

ক নও রাে ধনী থ াকয়ও সমাকজর তকি অংকির একটা তিকষা তবকরাধী সনাতন মানতসকতা বা ক নও রােীয় কষমতার অবশােীন অদরদিীতা

তকি থকষকে অতনেণ াকত ভল নীতত তনধশারণ ব সামপরততক কাকল এই ভরাতনতর ফল আমারা েতরষকার থদ কত োতি েতেবীর অকনকগতল

গনতকনতর সংকটগকলা তবতবধ েকে একসকি ১) সাধারণ নাগতরককদর গতরিাংকির রাজননততক উদাসীনতা এর একটা তনমনতম পরকাকি তকি

মানে ভাবকত তি কি থয রাজননততক সকেতনতার পরকাি সামাতজক থকষকে অনাকেশনীয় এমনতক অনযায় মা বাবা সনতানকক থবাঝাকিন -

থকান রাজননততক বযাোকর মাো গলাকব না ২) রাজননততক মতাননকয অকনক সময় ততিতা তববাদ এমনতক িারীতরক ানা াতন অবতধ

থে োকি যাকি আমরা ভকল যাতি যা আকগই বকলতি থয গনতকনতরর পরেম থসাোন তভননমত আর দবাতনদবকতা আর তার সফলতা দবকনদবর মধয

থেককই উততমতম নীতত তননশয় ৩) এটা সবকেকক ভয়াব এবং অকনকাকেশ (১) আর (২) থকও উততকরাততর পরভাতবত করকি তা থ াকলা

রাজনীততকত এবং রাজননততক অতধকার পরকাি ও বযাব াকর (তনবশােকন অংিগর ণ) তিতকষকতর অতন া থয িনযতা তততর করকি তা েরণ করকি

অতনেণ অসৎ উকেিযকামী অিতিতকষতরা তততর থ াকি তনমন মাকনর রােিতির যারা অকনক থকষকেই মিমন-যতি থকতিক তিকষার

পরসার অনিীলন ও রাজযিাসকনর নীতত তনধশারকন ঐ তিকষার মলয তদকত োইকি না বা োরকি না তিতকষকতর থয থকাকনা তনতদশ ি আর পরাসতেক

থেিায় বা গকন তনেণ কো শকন রােীয় নীততকরন পরকয়াজনীয় থমাকন করকি না অতিকষা আর অসকেতনতা জতনত তকি আোত জনতপরয়

ধারনাকক ইনধন যতগকয় এই নতন রােিতিগতল একটা ভীড়-তাতড়ত অপরগততিীল আর কাল-তবকরাতধ েকে থযকত োইকি থেতকন বা

অকেতকন এটা তনরািা তততর ককর পরততবাদ থকারকল মিমনা োকা পরগততিীল সনাতন ঐতত যর তবধবংসীকাতর থবাকল সরাসতর বা

সামাতজক পরোরমাধযকম রটনা শর য় তেনতাতবম মানেকদর মগজকধালাই থকারকত

এটা তনিঃসকেক আধতনক গনতকনতরর একটা সংকট অবিয ইতত াকস এই েি আকগও থ াকয়কি যা অবকিকে গনতনতরকক উননততর ককরকি

তনরাি নই এবারও য়ত তাই কব এই সংককটর একটাই সমাধান - তিতকষতকদর সামাতজক এবং রাজননততক তবেকয় মননতসি ওয়া

স কজ বযতিগত আ াত না থেকত থি া (েতিকম একটা পরকাি আকি Dont be a snowflake) আর কঠিন থ াকলও

রাজনীততকত সকেতন ভাকব অংি থনওয়া আধতনক তিতকষতকদর রাজনীততকক ণা করার পরবনতাটা ঠিক নয় যতদও এটা বলা স জ তকনত করা

য়ত ততটাই কঠিন আর ঠিক আগামীকাল থেককই শর করা যাকব না তকব এটা েতরষকার থয আদিশ তিকষাতব ীন গনতনতর অকনকটাই

অসমপণশ আর সংকটটা থযক ত আমাকদর গনতনতরগতলর অনতর তনসত আধতনক তিকষােিততর অনতর থিাধন পরাসতেক এবং মলযবান এবার

থসই তবেকয় আতস

যতিম ী তিকষার অননয সরতণ তবজঞান তিকষা এ াকন একটা কো পরেকমই থবাকল রাত থয তবজঞানকলার তনযশাস আর তবজঞান দিশন তি কত -

থযটা এ াকন মল পরাসতেক - গতনকতর পরকয়াজন থনই তবজঞান সতয আতবষকাকরর একটা েণশ অনিীতলত েিতত যা সমপণশ তনভশ র ককর যতি

তেয সং যা পরমাকণর েনরাবততত আর পরাকলবধ জঞাকনর উের থকান বযাতিগত বা সমতিগত অনভব বা তবশবাকসর ওের নয় তবজঞাকনর

েতেবীকত তবকি সতয থবাকল তকি থনই এটাও মকন রা কত কব থয তবজঞাকনর সতয অতনতম নয় এই সতয মানকের উৎকিতম কাতরগতর

কষমতায় সবকেকক যতিগরা য আজককর উেলতবধ যা েরবতীকাকল সতযতর বার সমভাবনা রাক তকনত সাধারণ নাগতরককর তবজঞান তিকষা

তবজঞানী বার জনয নয় বরং আরও বযােক - জীবকন মনকন আর তেনতকন যতিমনা ওয়া এবং স -নাগতরককর যিতনভশ র ধারনা বা মতকক

মলয থদওয়া আদিশ তেতামাতা আদিশ সনতান আদিশ ভাইকবান আর আদিশ বনধ ওয়া

মিমনা বার তদবতীয় িতশ তবমতশ কিনা িতি একটা উদা রণ থদওয়া যাক আমরা থসাজা দতিকত থোক র সামকন পরাকততক েটভতম থদ কত

োই অকনকক আোককতও োতর এবার যতদ কিনা থকারকত বলা য় থয ঐ েটভতম থকমন থদ াকব যতদ িীেশাসন থকাকর উকে থদ া য়

আমরা অকনককই ভাবকত বা আোককত োরকবা না তবজঞান তিকষা এ াকনও মলযবান তার সকে তিি তবকিে ককর তবমতশ তিি তিকষাও এক

উননত েিতত তবমতশ কিনািতি আমাকদর মতশ জগকতর অনধতব থেকক আকলায় আসার এক অমলয থসাোন

সবকিকে দরকার তকশ তনেনতা তবকিেত থ ারতর দবাতনদবক েতরকবকি নীততকবাধ আর নযায়কবাকধর সকে আেস না থকাকর এ াকন দিশনিাসতর-

তিকষা একটা অগাধ ভতমকা তনকত োকর মকন রা কত কব দিশনতবদযা পরােয বা োিাতয মানব ইতত াকসর পরােীনতম তবদযা আর এই

তবেকয়র উেলবধ জঞান মানকের দী শতম অতভজঞতা পরসত সকষ ও উচচমাগীয় মনন সমি মলযবান উেলতবধ দিশনতবদযা আমাকদর উেযি

আর পরাসতেক থসই পরে থকারকত থি ায় যার উততর আমাকদর বযতি আতমর বাইকর উনমি ককর আমরা বঝকত তিত সমাজবিতার তনগঢ

অেশ দিশন আমাকক থি ায় থয সসথ সমাকজ আমার পরততদবতেতা যতির সংকগ বযতির সংকগ নয় থয একটা বযাততিমী তেয ক নও একটা

েণশ সতযকক পরততিা ককর না থয যতির উেসং ার শধমাে ঠিক আর থবঠিককর মকধযই সীমাবি নয় থয কারণ অজঞাত মাকনই থকাকনা দাবী

সতয নয় থয তবশবাকসর সতযতা পরমাকনর দাতয়তব তবশবাসকক থয সকে ককর তাো র উের বতশ ায় না থয একটা ধারণা জনতপরয় কলও তা

অকমা অসতয স কজই থ াকত োকর ইতযাতদ অতএব মলকো তিকষার পরসাকরর সকে তিকষার এই ধরকনর মাকনাননয়ন উননততর নাগতরক

তততর করকব

অতনতকম পরে থ াকলা তিকষাকক তকব তকভাকব গনতকনতরর অেীভত করা যাকব পরেমতিঃ ককলজ অবতধ তিকষাকক বাধযতামলক কথর তা

সাধারণ নাগতরককর কাকি তবনামকলয থে োকিাকনা একটা পরােতমক আর থম তলক পরকয়াজন তদবতীয়তিঃ ধীর তকনত অবিযমভাবী গততকত নাগতরককর

তিকষাকক তাো র গনতাতনতরক অতধকাকরর মান তনণশয়কনর একটি তলাদনড ত সাকব সংতবধানভি করকত কব ততীয়তিঃ এই তিকষায় তিতকষত

তনবশাতেত জনপরতততনতধ বা রাজনীততক গনতকনতরর কমশিতিকক তীকষণ ও বযাপত ককর এক কলেমতির তদিা থদকব

আগামীর নবয-গনতাতনতরক রাজনীততর েকে তা কব এক আকাতিত দঢ ও পরসসথ েদককষে

Wish you all Subho Bijaya

From Pal and Sambataro Family (Dhananjay Ranu Arijit

Arundhati Joey Hiran and Aryana) October 2019

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BEST WISHES AND SEASONS GREETINGS FROM ANUKAR CHARITABLE AND GHOSE FAMILY

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa ke bina bitay na koi sama

Beti behan ardhangini hai Maa

Dus Bhujao ki Shakti se bani ye Durga Maa

Bachon ke chanchal mann mae

Vidya ka samarpan karati hai ye Saraswati Maa

Hamara bhavishya ujjwal krnay ke liyay

Dhan ko sambhal k rakhti hai ye Lakshmi Maa

Kokh se jeevan br tk

Kasto se ladne ki himmat deti hai ye Kali Maa

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa k bina bitay na koi samahellip

Durga Maa

Lakshmi Maa Kali Maa

Saraswati Maa

Maa Subhamay Pramanik and Sandeep Kaur

দটি কবিতা

অনিমেষ ধর

আশা

নিেশীতল আরক টির িাওয়া িাড় রাা নিময় নিমে যেি এরটা নিেকে শীতলতা চতনিক মর গরাস রমর নিমে িাতািীি গাছিালা তার অবয়মবর েমধে িমর থারমছ িনরমবমশর নিেকলতা িাত ছা ময় িমর োমে িঠাৎ শর িময় োয় িনিনি িাওয়া নেনলময় োয় সব িীরকশবাস রং ও গমের বািামর ওমঠ সবজ আমলার আাশ যেনিমর তারাই এখি শধ সবমজর সোরি আরামশর িীল যরামতর পরবাি অমলৌনরর গামির েছক িা জাগায় আশা পরামির নিতমর যবমজ উমঠ িামলাবাসা আিি রমর যিয় যসই িামলর িওয়ার গাি উোস রমর যসই আশা আখাঙখার পরাি আর া জল ঢারলা আমারে বশকরে

উিমরর নিমর তারামল যিখা োয় ঈশবমরর েখ যবমজ োয় আিমের গাি পলাবি িানসময় যিয় চানরনির উজজবল িময় উমঠ আোমির পরাি যতােরা িয়মতা যচময় যিমখা পরনতনিি যেমল িাও আোমির পরামি অনতিীি িতি রমর বামড় ওঠা ফমলর বাগামি অসংমখের সোমরামি বামজ রলতাি েমি এই সেময়র োমে সমে থারা সমনতর েধরতা েমি আমছ আারা যসই আারমড় ধমর থারার পরবিতা পরামি যিয় েখর উেলতা জল োল আমরা জল ডার আোমির নশরমড় চতনিক মরর িতি ফমলর সোমরাি ছনড়ময় িাও পরামির গিীমর

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গনতনতর রাজনীতত তিকষা ও দিশন

হিমাহি শেখর চকরবরতী

মানবতার আতদকাল থেককই রাজনীতত তিল যতদও একটা অতযনত আতদম গঠকন কারন সরল কোয় রাজনীতত উততর থ াো কজ এই পরকের থক

কার জনয তক করকব থকন এবং তকভাকব পরেটা সাধারণ ভাকব সথান ও সময় তনরকেকষ আর তািাড়া কষমতা আর পরততেতততর তসোতড়কত উের

আর নীকের মানকের মকধয আদান পরদাকনর সমপকশ ও রাজনীতত বহ পরােীনকাকল এই সমপকশ তিল ঈশবর আর মানকে েরবতীকত রাজা বা

সমরাটরা ধীকর ধীকর ঈশবকরর পরতততনতধ থ াকয় উঠকলা পরজাকগাতির বতির সকে িাসন পরতিয়ায় সতবধার জনয সমকয়র সকে সকে রাজিতি

তততর করকলা ধন আর মদরার ত সাব রকষক কর সংগর ক তসতনক আর আইনরকষক কাকল কাকল এই বযাবসথার সাফলয আর মানকের

িমবধশমান অতধকার সকেতনতা তনকয় একলা আধতনক রাজননততক পরনালীর আতদ গঠন - জনপরতততনতধতব মলক রাজনীতত অবিযই এই

তববতশ কন সময় থলকগকি অগাধ আর অকনক সংগরাম কষয় ও মানকের আতমতযাগ তকনত থিেেযশনত রাজনীততকক বা রাজননততক কমশ পরনালীকক

আজককর অবসথাকন তনকয় আসা মানব সভযতার একটা তবরাট ও কাযশকরী সাফলয আর তাই রাজনীততকক তনকয় আধতনক মানে গবশ করকতই

োকর

এ ন পরে থ াকলা রাজনীতত পরনালীর এই উনমাগশগামীতা সমভব কলা তকভাকব উততরটা ব স কজ তদতি মানে ততি অতভজঞতা আর থ ার

বাসতব বতিকত বঝকত োকরতিল থয রাজনীতত যতদ থিে অবতধ অতধকাংি মানকের ভাল থকারকত োয় তকব থসই ভাল করার েিতত তনমশাকন

গভীর দবনদব োককবই আর থযক ত এই দবনদব মানকের দবাতনদবক জীবন আর তবশব অতভজঞতারই পরকাি একটা েিততকত সততই ভল তকিটা কম

োককব অনয েিততর থেকক আর আধতনক রাজনীততর একটা তিতিক পরতিয়া কব থসই কম ভল েিততকক তনণশয় করা মানে এটাও বঝল

থয এই তনণশয় িরীর বা গলার িতিকত কব না োই যতি তভতততক আকলােনা মলযায়ন আর আেকসর তনণশয় এল গনতনতর আর থযক ত

গনতাতনতরক েকে সমাকজর বা রাকের পরকতযককর মতামত মলযবান মানব পরতততনতধকতবর তবসতার আর গভীরতা আনা কলা গনতনবশােন েিততকত

থযমন আকগ বকলতি রাজনীততর এই ম ান তববতশ ন আধতনক মানকের আর তাো র উননত যতি কষমতা ও ঐিীর এক অসাধারন উদবতশ ন তকনত

নতন সংকট আসকত থদরী কলা না আমরা তা বতঝ বা না বতঝ এই সংকট একাকেশ গনতাতনতরক পরনালীর মকধয সতি থ াকলও একলা অকনকটা

তনিঃিকে আর তাই আমাকদর পরতততিয়া অকনক সমকয়ই থগল ভল েকে এবার থস কোয় আতস

যতি আকলােনা মলযায়ণ আর তনণশয় এই োরটি োয়া যার উের গনতাতনতরক রাজনীতত দাো তড়কয় আকি তা আমাকদর তজব গণ নয় এরা

অতজশ ত আর অনিীতলত গন আর থয পরনালীকত তা অতজশ ত য় তার নাম তিকষা আরও সঠিক অকেশ মিমন আর যতি থকতিক তিকষা

বতততমলক নয় যার পরকয়াজন অনয জায়গায় জীতবকার পরকে গত পরায় অিশ িতােী ধকর েতেবীর অকনক বড় রাে সাধারণ ভাকব এই মিমন-

যতি থকতিক তিকষা তবসতকরর তবেকয় যকেি পরকেিা থদ ায়তন তার কারণগতল অবিযই আলাদা তবতভনন রাকের থকষকে ক নও অেশননততক

ক নও রাে ধনী থ াকয়ও সমাকজর তকি অংকির একটা তিকষা তবকরাধী সনাতন মানতসকতা বা ক নও রােীয় কষমতার অবশােীন অদরদিীতা

তকি থকষকে অতনেণ াকত ভল নীতত তনধশারণ ব সামপরততক কাকল এই ভরাতনতর ফল আমারা েতরষকার থদ কত োতি েতেবীর অকনকগতল

গনতকনতর সংকটগকলা তবতবধ েকে একসকি ১) সাধারণ নাগতরককদর গতরিাংকির রাজননততক উদাসীনতা এর একটা তনমনতম পরকাকি তকি

মানে ভাবকত তি কি থয রাজননততক সকেতনতার পরকাি সামাতজক থকষকে অনাকেশনীয় এমনতক অনযায় মা বাবা সনতানকক থবাঝাকিন -

থকান রাজননততক বযাোকর মাো গলাকব না ২) রাজননততক মতাননকয অকনক সময় ততিতা তববাদ এমনতক িারীতরক ানা াতন অবতধ

থে োকি যাকি আমরা ভকল যাতি যা আকগই বকলতি থয গনতকনতরর পরেম থসাোন তভননমত আর দবাতনদবকতা আর তার সফলতা দবকনদবর মধয

থেককই উততমতম নীতত তননশয় ৩) এটা সবকেকক ভয়াব এবং অকনকাকেশ (১) আর (২) থকও উততকরাততর পরভাতবত করকি তা থ াকলা

রাজনীততকত এবং রাজননততক অতধকার পরকাি ও বযাব াকর (তনবশােকন অংিগর ণ) তিতকষকতর অতন া থয িনযতা তততর করকি তা েরণ করকি

অতনেণ অসৎ উকেিযকামী অিতিতকষতরা তততর থ াকি তনমন মাকনর রােিতির যারা অকনক থকষকেই মিমন-যতি থকতিক তিকষার

পরসার অনিীলন ও রাজযিাসকনর নীতত তনধশারকন ঐ তিকষার মলয তদকত োইকি না বা োরকি না তিতকষকতর থয থকাকনা তনতদশ ি আর পরাসতেক

থেিায় বা গকন তনেণ কো শকন রােীয় নীততকরন পরকয়াজনীয় থমাকন করকি না অতিকষা আর অসকেতনতা জতনত তকি আোত জনতপরয়

ধারনাকক ইনধন যতগকয় এই নতন রােিতিগতল একটা ভীড়-তাতড়ত অপরগততিীল আর কাল-তবকরাতধ েকে থযকত োইকি থেতকন বা

অকেতকন এটা তনরািা তততর ককর পরততবাদ থকারকল মিমনা োকা পরগততিীল সনাতন ঐতত যর তবধবংসীকাতর থবাকল সরাসতর বা

সামাতজক পরোরমাধযকম রটনা শর য় তেনতাতবম মানেকদর মগজকধালাই থকারকত

এটা তনিঃসকেক আধতনক গনতকনতরর একটা সংকট অবিয ইতত াকস এই েি আকগও থ াকয়কি যা অবকিকে গনতনতরকক উননততর ককরকি

তনরাি নই এবারও য়ত তাই কব এই সংককটর একটাই সমাধান - তিতকষতকদর সামাতজক এবং রাজননততক তবেকয় মননতসি ওয়া

স কজ বযতিগত আ াত না থেকত থি া (েতিকম একটা পরকাি আকি Dont be a snowflake) আর কঠিন থ াকলও

রাজনীততকত সকেতন ভাকব অংি থনওয়া আধতনক তিতকষতকদর রাজনীততকক ণা করার পরবনতাটা ঠিক নয় যতদও এটা বলা স জ তকনত করা

য়ত ততটাই কঠিন আর ঠিক আগামীকাল থেককই শর করা যাকব না তকব এটা েতরষকার থয আদিশ তিকষাতব ীন গনতনতর অকনকটাই

অসমপণশ আর সংকটটা থযক ত আমাকদর গনতনতরগতলর অনতর তনসত আধতনক তিকষােিততর অনতর থিাধন পরাসতেক এবং মলযবান এবার

থসই তবেকয় আতস

যতিম ী তিকষার অননয সরতণ তবজঞান তিকষা এ াকন একটা কো পরেকমই থবাকল রাত থয তবজঞানকলার তনযশাস আর তবজঞান দিশন তি কত -

থযটা এ াকন মল পরাসতেক - গতনকতর পরকয়াজন থনই তবজঞান সতয আতবষকাকরর একটা েণশ অনিীতলত েিতত যা সমপণশ তনভশ র ককর যতি

তেয সং যা পরমাকণর েনরাবততত আর পরাকলবধ জঞাকনর উের থকান বযাতিগত বা সমতিগত অনভব বা তবশবাকসর ওের নয় তবজঞাকনর

েতেবীকত তবকি সতয থবাকল তকি থনই এটাও মকন রা কত কব থয তবজঞাকনর সতয অতনতম নয় এই সতয মানকের উৎকিতম কাতরগতর

কষমতায় সবকেকক যতিগরা য আজককর উেলতবধ যা েরবতীকাকল সতযতর বার সমভাবনা রাক তকনত সাধারণ নাগতরককর তবজঞান তিকষা

তবজঞানী বার জনয নয় বরং আরও বযােক - জীবকন মনকন আর তেনতকন যতিমনা ওয়া এবং স -নাগতরককর যিতনভশ র ধারনা বা মতকক

মলয থদওয়া আদিশ তেতামাতা আদিশ সনতান আদিশ ভাইকবান আর আদিশ বনধ ওয়া

মিমনা বার তদবতীয় িতশ তবমতশ কিনা িতি একটা উদা রণ থদওয়া যাক আমরা থসাজা দতিকত থোক র সামকন পরাকততক েটভতম থদ কত

োই অকনকক আোককতও োতর এবার যতদ কিনা থকারকত বলা য় থয ঐ েটভতম থকমন থদ াকব যতদ িীেশাসন থকাকর উকে থদ া য়

আমরা অকনককই ভাবকত বা আোককত োরকবা না তবজঞান তিকষা এ াকনও মলযবান তার সকে তিি তবকিে ককর তবমতশ তিি তিকষাও এক

উননত েিতত তবমতশ কিনািতি আমাকদর মতশ জগকতর অনধতব থেকক আকলায় আসার এক অমলয থসাোন

সবকিকে দরকার তকশ তনেনতা তবকিেত থ ারতর দবাতনদবক েতরকবকি নীততকবাধ আর নযায়কবাকধর সকে আেস না থকাকর এ াকন দিশনিাসতর-

তিকষা একটা অগাধ ভতমকা তনকত োকর মকন রা কত কব দিশনতবদযা পরােয বা োিাতয মানব ইতত াকসর পরােীনতম তবদযা আর এই

তবেকয়র উেলবধ জঞান মানকের দী শতম অতভজঞতা পরসত সকষ ও উচচমাগীয় মনন সমি মলযবান উেলতবধ দিশনতবদযা আমাকদর উেযি

আর পরাসতেক থসই পরে থকারকত থি ায় যার উততর আমাকদর বযতি আতমর বাইকর উনমি ককর আমরা বঝকত তিত সমাজবিতার তনগঢ

অেশ দিশন আমাকক থি ায় থয সসথ সমাকজ আমার পরততদবতেতা যতির সংকগ বযতির সংকগ নয় থয একটা বযাততিমী তেয ক নও একটা

েণশ সতযকক পরততিা ককর না থয যতির উেসং ার শধমাে ঠিক আর থবঠিককর মকধযই সীমাবি নয় থয কারণ অজঞাত মাকনই থকাকনা দাবী

সতয নয় থয তবশবাকসর সতযতা পরমাকনর দাতয়তব তবশবাসকক থয সকে ককর তাো র উের বতশ ায় না থয একটা ধারণা জনতপরয় কলও তা

অকমা অসতয স কজই থ াকত োকর ইতযাতদ অতএব মলকো তিকষার পরসাকরর সকে তিকষার এই ধরকনর মাকনাননয়ন উননততর নাগতরক

তততর করকব

অতনতকম পরে থ াকলা তিকষাকক তকব তকভাকব গনতকনতরর অেীভত করা যাকব পরেমতিঃ ককলজ অবতধ তিকষাকক বাধযতামলক কথর তা

সাধারণ নাগতরককর কাকি তবনামকলয থে োকিাকনা একটা পরােতমক আর থম তলক পরকয়াজন তদবতীয়তিঃ ধীর তকনত অবিযমভাবী গততকত নাগতরককর

তিকষাকক তাো র গনতাতনতরক অতধকাকরর মান তনণশয়কনর একটি তলাদনড ত সাকব সংতবধানভি করকত কব ততীয়তিঃ এই তিকষায় তিতকষত

তনবশাতেত জনপরতততনতধ বা রাজনীততক গনতকনতরর কমশিতিকক তীকষণ ও বযাপত ককর এক কলেমতির তদিা থদকব

আগামীর নবয-গনতাতনতরক রাজনীততর েকে তা কব এক আকাতিত দঢ ও পরসসথ েদককষে

Wish you all Subho Bijaya

From Pal and Sambataro Family (Dhananjay Ranu Arijit

Arundhati Joey Hiran and Aryana) October 2019

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BEST WISHES AND SEASONS GREETINGS FROM ANUKAR CHARITABLE AND GHOSE FAMILY

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa ke bina bitay na koi sama

Beti behan ardhangini hai Maa

Dus Bhujao ki Shakti se bani ye Durga Maa

Bachon ke chanchal mann mae

Vidya ka samarpan karati hai ye Saraswati Maa

Hamara bhavishya ujjwal krnay ke liyay

Dhan ko sambhal k rakhti hai ye Lakshmi Maa

Kokh se jeevan br tk

Kasto se ladne ki himmat deti hai ye Kali Maa

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa k bina bitay na koi samahellip

Durga Maa

Lakshmi Maa Kali Maa

Saraswati Maa

Maa Subhamay Pramanik and Sandeep Kaur

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গনতনতর রাজনীতত তিকষা ও দিশন

হিমাহি শেখর চকরবরতী

মানবতার আতদকাল থেককই রাজনীতত তিল যতদও একটা অতযনত আতদম গঠকন কারন সরল কোয় রাজনীতত উততর থ াো কজ এই পরকের থক

কার জনয তক করকব থকন এবং তকভাকব পরেটা সাধারণ ভাকব সথান ও সময় তনরকেকষ আর তািাড়া কষমতা আর পরততেতততর তসোতড়কত উের

আর নীকের মানকের মকধয আদান পরদাকনর সমপকশ ও রাজনীতত বহ পরােীনকাকল এই সমপকশ তিল ঈশবর আর মানকে েরবতীকত রাজা বা

সমরাটরা ধীকর ধীকর ঈশবকরর পরতততনতধ থ াকয় উঠকলা পরজাকগাতির বতির সকে িাসন পরতিয়ায় সতবধার জনয সমকয়র সকে সকে রাজিতি

তততর করকলা ধন আর মদরার ত সাব রকষক কর সংগর ক তসতনক আর আইনরকষক কাকল কাকল এই বযাবসথার সাফলয আর মানকের

িমবধশমান অতধকার সকেতনতা তনকয় একলা আধতনক রাজননততক পরনালীর আতদ গঠন - জনপরতততনতধতব মলক রাজনীতত অবিযই এই

তববতশ কন সময় থলকগকি অগাধ আর অকনক সংগরাম কষয় ও মানকের আতমতযাগ তকনত থিেেযশনত রাজনীততকক বা রাজননততক কমশ পরনালীকক

আজককর অবসথাকন তনকয় আসা মানব সভযতার একটা তবরাট ও কাযশকরী সাফলয আর তাই রাজনীততকক তনকয় আধতনক মানে গবশ করকতই

োকর

এ ন পরে থ াকলা রাজনীতত পরনালীর এই উনমাগশগামীতা সমভব কলা তকভাকব উততরটা ব স কজ তদতি মানে ততি অতভজঞতা আর থ ার

বাসতব বতিকত বঝকত োকরতিল থয রাজনীতত যতদ থিে অবতধ অতধকাংি মানকের ভাল থকারকত োয় তকব থসই ভাল করার েিতত তনমশাকন

গভীর দবনদব োককবই আর থযক ত এই দবনদব মানকের দবাতনদবক জীবন আর তবশব অতভজঞতারই পরকাি একটা েিততকত সততই ভল তকিটা কম

োককব অনয েিততর থেকক আর আধতনক রাজনীততর একটা তিতিক পরতিয়া কব থসই কম ভল েিততকক তনণশয় করা মানে এটাও বঝল

থয এই তনণশয় িরীর বা গলার িতিকত কব না োই যতি তভতততক আকলােনা মলযায়ন আর আেকসর তনণশয় এল গনতনতর আর থযক ত

গনতাতনতরক েকে সমাকজর বা রাকের পরকতযককর মতামত মলযবান মানব পরতততনতধকতবর তবসতার আর গভীরতা আনা কলা গনতনবশােন েিততকত

থযমন আকগ বকলতি রাজনীততর এই ম ান তববতশ ন আধতনক মানকের আর তাো র উননত যতি কষমতা ও ঐিীর এক অসাধারন উদবতশ ন তকনত

নতন সংকট আসকত থদরী কলা না আমরা তা বতঝ বা না বতঝ এই সংকট একাকেশ গনতাতনতরক পরনালীর মকধয সতি থ াকলও একলা অকনকটা

তনিঃিকে আর তাই আমাকদর পরতততিয়া অকনক সমকয়ই থগল ভল েকে এবার থস কোয় আতস

যতি আকলােনা মলযায়ণ আর তনণশয় এই োরটি োয়া যার উের গনতাতনতরক রাজনীতত দাো তড়কয় আকি তা আমাকদর তজব গণ নয় এরা

অতজশ ত আর অনিীতলত গন আর থয পরনালীকত তা অতজশ ত য় তার নাম তিকষা আরও সঠিক অকেশ মিমন আর যতি থকতিক তিকষা

বতততমলক নয় যার পরকয়াজন অনয জায়গায় জীতবকার পরকে গত পরায় অিশ িতােী ধকর েতেবীর অকনক বড় রাে সাধারণ ভাকব এই মিমন-

যতি থকতিক তিকষা তবসতকরর তবেকয় যকেি পরকেিা থদ ায়তন তার কারণগতল অবিযই আলাদা তবতভনন রাকের থকষকে ক নও অেশননততক

ক নও রাে ধনী থ াকয়ও সমাকজর তকি অংকির একটা তিকষা তবকরাধী সনাতন মানতসকতা বা ক নও রােীয় কষমতার অবশােীন অদরদিীতা

তকি থকষকে অতনেণ াকত ভল নীতত তনধশারণ ব সামপরততক কাকল এই ভরাতনতর ফল আমারা েতরষকার থদ কত োতি েতেবীর অকনকগতল

গনতকনতর সংকটগকলা তবতবধ েকে একসকি ১) সাধারণ নাগতরককদর গতরিাংকির রাজননততক উদাসীনতা এর একটা তনমনতম পরকাকি তকি

মানে ভাবকত তি কি থয রাজননততক সকেতনতার পরকাি সামাতজক থকষকে অনাকেশনীয় এমনতক অনযায় মা বাবা সনতানকক থবাঝাকিন -

থকান রাজননততক বযাোকর মাো গলাকব না ২) রাজননততক মতাননকয অকনক সময় ততিতা তববাদ এমনতক িারীতরক ানা াতন অবতধ

থে োকি যাকি আমরা ভকল যাতি যা আকগই বকলতি থয গনতকনতরর পরেম থসাোন তভননমত আর দবাতনদবকতা আর তার সফলতা দবকনদবর মধয

থেককই উততমতম নীতত তননশয় ৩) এটা সবকেকক ভয়াব এবং অকনকাকেশ (১) আর (২) থকও উততকরাততর পরভাতবত করকি তা থ াকলা

রাজনীততকত এবং রাজননততক অতধকার পরকাি ও বযাব াকর (তনবশােকন অংিগর ণ) তিতকষকতর অতন া থয িনযতা তততর করকি তা েরণ করকি

অতনেণ অসৎ উকেিযকামী অিতিতকষতরা তততর থ াকি তনমন মাকনর রােিতির যারা অকনক থকষকেই মিমন-যতি থকতিক তিকষার

পরসার অনিীলন ও রাজযিাসকনর নীতত তনধশারকন ঐ তিকষার মলয তদকত োইকি না বা োরকি না তিতকষকতর থয থকাকনা তনতদশ ি আর পরাসতেক

থেিায় বা গকন তনেণ কো শকন রােীয় নীততকরন পরকয়াজনীয় থমাকন করকি না অতিকষা আর অসকেতনতা জতনত তকি আোত জনতপরয়

ধারনাকক ইনধন যতগকয় এই নতন রােিতিগতল একটা ভীড়-তাতড়ত অপরগততিীল আর কাল-তবকরাতধ েকে থযকত োইকি থেতকন বা

অকেতকন এটা তনরািা তততর ককর পরততবাদ থকারকল মিমনা োকা পরগততিীল সনাতন ঐতত যর তবধবংসীকাতর থবাকল সরাসতর বা

সামাতজক পরোরমাধযকম রটনা শর য় তেনতাতবম মানেকদর মগজকধালাই থকারকত

এটা তনিঃসকেক আধতনক গনতকনতরর একটা সংকট অবিয ইতত াকস এই েি আকগও থ াকয়কি যা অবকিকে গনতনতরকক উননততর ককরকি

তনরাি নই এবারও য়ত তাই কব এই সংককটর একটাই সমাধান - তিতকষতকদর সামাতজক এবং রাজননততক তবেকয় মননতসি ওয়া

স কজ বযতিগত আ াত না থেকত থি া (েতিকম একটা পরকাি আকি Dont be a snowflake) আর কঠিন থ াকলও

রাজনীততকত সকেতন ভাকব অংি থনওয়া আধতনক তিতকষতকদর রাজনীততকক ণা করার পরবনতাটা ঠিক নয় যতদও এটা বলা স জ তকনত করা

য়ত ততটাই কঠিন আর ঠিক আগামীকাল থেককই শর করা যাকব না তকব এটা েতরষকার থয আদিশ তিকষাতব ীন গনতনতর অকনকটাই

অসমপণশ আর সংকটটা থযক ত আমাকদর গনতনতরগতলর অনতর তনসত আধতনক তিকষােিততর অনতর থিাধন পরাসতেক এবং মলযবান এবার

থসই তবেকয় আতস

যতিম ী তিকষার অননয সরতণ তবজঞান তিকষা এ াকন একটা কো পরেকমই থবাকল রাত থয তবজঞানকলার তনযশাস আর তবজঞান দিশন তি কত -

থযটা এ াকন মল পরাসতেক - গতনকতর পরকয়াজন থনই তবজঞান সতয আতবষকাকরর একটা েণশ অনিীতলত েিতত যা সমপণশ তনভশ র ককর যতি

তেয সং যা পরমাকণর েনরাবততত আর পরাকলবধ জঞাকনর উের থকান বযাতিগত বা সমতিগত অনভব বা তবশবাকসর ওের নয় তবজঞাকনর

েতেবীকত তবকি সতয থবাকল তকি থনই এটাও মকন রা কত কব থয তবজঞাকনর সতয অতনতম নয় এই সতয মানকের উৎকিতম কাতরগতর

কষমতায় সবকেকক যতিগরা য আজককর উেলতবধ যা েরবতীকাকল সতযতর বার সমভাবনা রাক তকনত সাধারণ নাগতরককর তবজঞান তিকষা

তবজঞানী বার জনয নয় বরং আরও বযােক - জীবকন মনকন আর তেনতকন যতিমনা ওয়া এবং স -নাগতরককর যিতনভশ র ধারনা বা মতকক

মলয থদওয়া আদিশ তেতামাতা আদিশ সনতান আদিশ ভাইকবান আর আদিশ বনধ ওয়া

মিমনা বার তদবতীয় িতশ তবমতশ কিনা িতি একটা উদা রণ থদওয়া যাক আমরা থসাজা দতিকত থোক র সামকন পরাকততক েটভতম থদ কত

োই অকনকক আোককতও োতর এবার যতদ কিনা থকারকত বলা য় থয ঐ েটভতম থকমন থদ াকব যতদ িীেশাসন থকাকর উকে থদ া য়

আমরা অকনককই ভাবকত বা আোককত োরকবা না তবজঞান তিকষা এ াকনও মলযবান তার সকে তিি তবকিে ককর তবমতশ তিি তিকষাও এক

উননত েিতত তবমতশ কিনািতি আমাকদর মতশ জগকতর অনধতব থেকক আকলায় আসার এক অমলয থসাোন

সবকিকে দরকার তকশ তনেনতা তবকিেত থ ারতর দবাতনদবক েতরকবকি নীততকবাধ আর নযায়কবাকধর সকে আেস না থকাকর এ াকন দিশনিাসতর-

তিকষা একটা অগাধ ভতমকা তনকত োকর মকন রা কত কব দিশনতবদযা পরােয বা োিাতয মানব ইতত াকসর পরােীনতম তবদযা আর এই

তবেকয়র উেলবধ জঞান মানকের দী শতম অতভজঞতা পরসত সকষ ও উচচমাগীয় মনন সমি মলযবান উেলতবধ দিশনতবদযা আমাকদর উেযি

আর পরাসতেক থসই পরে থকারকত থি ায় যার উততর আমাকদর বযতি আতমর বাইকর উনমি ককর আমরা বঝকত তিত সমাজবিতার তনগঢ

অেশ দিশন আমাকক থি ায় থয সসথ সমাকজ আমার পরততদবতেতা যতির সংকগ বযতির সংকগ নয় থয একটা বযাততিমী তেয ক নও একটা

েণশ সতযকক পরততিা ককর না থয যতির উেসং ার শধমাে ঠিক আর থবঠিককর মকধযই সীমাবি নয় থয কারণ অজঞাত মাকনই থকাকনা দাবী

সতয নয় থয তবশবাকসর সতযতা পরমাকনর দাতয়তব তবশবাসকক থয সকে ককর তাো র উের বতশ ায় না থয একটা ধারণা জনতপরয় কলও তা

অকমা অসতয স কজই থ াকত োকর ইতযাতদ অতএব মলকো তিকষার পরসাকরর সকে তিকষার এই ধরকনর মাকনাননয়ন উননততর নাগতরক

তততর করকব

অতনতকম পরে থ াকলা তিকষাকক তকব তকভাকব গনতকনতরর অেীভত করা যাকব পরেমতিঃ ককলজ অবতধ তিকষাকক বাধযতামলক কথর তা

সাধারণ নাগতরককর কাকি তবনামকলয থে োকিাকনা একটা পরােতমক আর থম তলক পরকয়াজন তদবতীয়তিঃ ধীর তকনত অবিযমভাবী গততকত নাগতরককর

তিকষাকক তাো র গনতাতনতরক অতধকাকরর মান তনণশয়কনর একটি তলাদনড ত সাকব সংতবধানভি করকত কব ততীয়তিঃ এই তিকষায় তিতকষত

তনবশাতেত জনপরতততনতধ বা রাজনীততক গনতকনতরর কমশিতিকক তীকষণ ও বযাপত ককর এক কলেমতির তদিা থদকব

আগামীর নবয-গনতাতনতরক রাজনীততর েকে তা কব এক আকাতিত দঢ ও পরসসথ েদককষে

Wish you all Subho Bijaya

From Pal and Sambataro Family (Dhananjay Ranu Arijit

Arundhati Joey Hiran and Aryana) October 2019

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BEST WISHES AND SEASONS GREETINGS FROM ANUKAR CHARITABLE AND GHOSE FAMILY

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa ke bina bitay na koi sama

Beti behan ardhangini hai Maa

Dus Bhujao ki Shakti se bani ye Durga Maa

Bachon ke chanchal mann mae

Vidya ka samarpan karati hai ye Saraswati Maa

Hamara bhavishya ujjwal krnay ke liyay

Dhan ko sambhal k rakhti hai ye Lakshmi Maa

Kokh se jeevan br tk

Kasto se ladne ki himmat deti hai ye Kali Maa

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa k bina bitay na koi samahellip

Durga Maa

Lakshmi Maa Kali Maa

Saraswati Maa

Maa Subhamay Pramanik and Sandeep Kaur

গনতনতর রাজনীতত তিকষা ও দিশন

হিমাহি শেখর চকরবরতী

মানবতার আতদকাল থেককই রাজনীতত তিল যতদও একটা অতযনত আতদম গঠকন কারন সরল কোয় রাজনীতত উততর থ াো কজ এই পরকের থক

কার জনয তক করকব থকন এবং তকভাকব পরেটা সাধারণ ভাকব সথান ও সময় তনরকেকষ আর তািাড়া কষমতা আর পরততেতততর তসোতড়কত উের

আর নীকের মানকের মকধয আদান পরদাকনর সমপকশ ও রাজনীতত বহ পরােীনকাকল এই সমপকশ তিল ঈশবর আর মানকে েরবতীকত রাজা বা

সমরাটরা ধীকর ধীকর ঈশবকরর পরতততনতধ থ াকয় উঠকলা পরজাকগাতির বতির সকে িাসন পরতিয়ায় সতবধার জনয সমকয়র সকে সকে রাজিতি

তততর করকলা ধন আর মদরার ত সাব রকষক কর সংগর ক তসতনক আর আইনরকষক কাকল কাকল এই বযাবসথার সাফলয আর মানকের

িমবধশমান অতধকার সকেতনতা তনকয় একলা আধতনক রাজননততক পরনালীর আতদ গঠন - জনপরতততনতধতব মলক রাজনীতত অবিযই এই

তববতশ কন সময় থলকগকি অগাধ আর অকনক সংগরাম কষয় ও মানকের আতমতযাগ তকনত থিেেযশনত রাজনীততকক বা রাজননততক কমশ পরনালীকক

আজককর অবসথাকন তনকয় আসা মানব সভযতার একটা তবরাট ও কাযশকরী সাফলয আর তাই রাজনীততকক তনকয় আধতনক মানে গবশ করকতই

োকর

এ ন পরে থ াকলা রাজনীতত পরনালীর এই উনমাগশগামীতা সমভব কলা তকভাকব উততরটা ব স কজ তদতি মানে ততি অতভজঞতা আর থ ার

বাসতব বতিকত বঝকত োকরতিল থয রাজনীতত যতদ থিে অবতধ অতধকাংি মানকের ভাল থকারকত োয় তকব থসই ভাল করার েিতত তনমশাকন

গভীর দবনদব োককবই আর থযক ত এই দবনদব মানকের দবাতনদবক জীবন আর তবশব অতভজঞতারই পরকাি একটা েিততকত সততই ভল তকিটা কম

োককব অনয েিততর থেকক আর আধতনক রাজনীততর একটা তিতিক পরতিয়া কব থসই কম ভল েিততকক তনণশয় করা মানে এটাও বঝল

থয এই তনণশয় িরীর বা গলার িতিকত কব না োই যতি তভতততক আকলােনা মলযায়ন আর আেকসর তনণশয় এল গনতনতর আর থযক ত

গনতাতনতরক েকে সমাকজর বা রাকের পরকতযককর মতামত মলযবান মানব পরতততনতধকতবর তবসতার আর গভীরতা আনা কলা গনতনবশােন েিততকত

থযমন আকগ বকলতি রাজনীততর এই ম ান তববতশ ন আধতনক মানকের আর তাো র উননত যতি কষমতা ও ঐিীর এক অসাধারন উদবতশ ন তকনত

নতন সংকট আসকত থদরী কলা না আমরা তা বতঝ বা না বতঝ এই সংকট একাকেশ গনতাতনতরক পরনালীর মকধয সতি থ াকলও একলা অকনকটা

তনিঃিকে আর তাই আমাকদর পরতততিয়া অকনক সমকয়ই থগল ভল েকে এবার থস কোয় আতস

যতি আকলােনা মলযায়ণ আর তনণশয় এই োরটি োয়া যার উের গনতাতনতরক রাজনীতত দাো তড়কয় আকি তা আমাকদর তজব গণ নয় এরা

অতজশ ত আর অনিীতলত গন আর থয পরনালীকত তা অতজশ ত য় তার নাম তিকষা আরও সঠিক অকেশ মিমন আর যতি থকতিক তিকষা

বতততমলক নয় যার পরকয়াজন অনয জায়গায় জীতবকার পরকে গত পরায় অিশ িতােী ধকর েতেবীর অকনক বড় রাে সাধারণ ভাকব এই মিমন-

যতি থকতিক তিকষা তবসতকরর তবেকয় যকেি পরকেিা থদ ায়তন তার কারণগতল অবিযই আলাদা তবতভনন রাকের থকষকে ক নও অেশননততক

ক নও রাে ধনী থ াকয়ও সমাকজর তকি অংকির একটা তিকষা তবকরাধী সনাতন মানতসকতা বা ক নও রােীয় কষমতার অবশােীন অদরদিীতা

তকি থকষকে অতনেণ াকত ভল নীতত তনধশারণ ব সামপরততক কাকল এই ভরাতনতর ফল আমারা েতরষকার থদ কত োতি েতেবীর অকনকগতল

গনতকনতর সংকটগকলা তবতবধ েকে একসকি ১) সাধারণ নাগতরককদর গতরিাংকির রাজননততক উদাসীনতা এর একটা তনমনতম পরকাকি তকি

মানে ভাবকত তি কি থয রাজননততক সকেতনতার পরকাি সামাতজক থকষকে অনাকেশনীয় এমনতক অনযায় মা বাবা সনতানকক থবাঝাকিন -

থকান রাজননততক বযাোকর মাো গলাকব না ২) রাজননততক মতাননকয অকনক সময় ততিতা তববাদ এমনতক িারীতরক ানা াতন অবতধ

থে োকি যাকি আমরা ভকল যাতি যা আকগই বকলতি থয গনতকনতরর পরেম থসাোন তভননমত আর দবাতনদবকতা আর তার সফলতা দবকনদবর মধয

থেককই উততমতম নীতত তননশয় ৩) এটা সবকেকক ভয়াব এবং অকনকাকেশ (১) আর (২) থকও উততকরাততর পরভাতবত করকি তা থ াকলা

রাজনীততকত এবং রাজননততক অতধকার পরকাি ও বযাব াকর (তনবশােকন অংিগর ণ) তিতকষকতর অতন া থয িনযতা তততর করকি তা েরণ করকি

অতনেণ অসৎ উকেিযকামী অিতিতকষতরা তততর থ াকি তনমন মাকনর রােিতির যারা অকনক থকষকেই মিমন-যতি থকতিক তিকষার

পরসার অনিীলন ও রাজযিাসকনর নীতত তনধশারকন ঐ তিকষার মলয তদকত োইকি না বা োরকি না তিতকষকতর থয থকাকনা তনতদশ ি আর পরাসতেক

থেিায় বা গকন তনেণ কো শকন রােীয় নীততকরন পরকয়াজনীয় থমাকন করকি না অতিকষা আর অসকেতনতা জতনত তকি আোত জনতপরয়

ধারনাকক ইনধন যতগকয় এই নতন রােিতিগতল একটা ভীড়-তাতড়ত অপরগততিীল আর কাল-তবকরাতধ েকে থযকত োইকি থেতকন বা

অকেতকন এটা তনরািা তততর ককর পরততবাদ থকারকল মিমনা োকা পরগততিীল সনাতন ঐতত যর তবধবংসীকাতর থবাকল সরাসতর বা

সামাতজক পরোরমাধযকম রটনা শর য় তেনতাতবম মানেকদর মগজকধালাই থকারকত

এটা তনিঃসকেক আধতনক গনতকনতরর একটা সংকট অবিয ইতত াকস এই েি আকগও থ াকয়কি যা অবকিকে গনতনতরকক উননততর ককরকি

তনরাি নই এবারও য়ত তাই কব এই সংককটর একটাই সমাধান - তিতকষতকদর সামাতজক এবং রাজননততক তবেকয় মননতসি ওয়া

স কজ বযতিগত আ াত না থেকত থি া (েতিকম একটা পরকাি আকি Dont be a snowflake) আর কঠিন থ াকলও

রাজনীততকত সকেতন ভাকব অংি থনওয়া আধতনক তিতকষতকদর রাজনীততকক ণা করার পরবনতাটা ঠিক নয় যতদও এটা বলা স জ তকনত করা

য়ত ততটাই কঠিন আর ঠিক আগামীকাল থেককই শর করা যাকব না তকব এটা েতরষকার থয আদিশ তিকষাতব ীন গনতনতর অকনকটাই

অসমপণশ আর সংকটটা থযক ত আমাকদর গনতনতরগতলর অনতর তনসত আধতনক তিকষােিততর অনতর থিাধন পরাসতেক এবং মলযবান এবার

থসই তবেকয় আতস

যতিম ী তিকষার অননয সরতণ তবজঞান তিকষা এ াকন একটা কো পরেকমই থবাকল রাত থয তবজঞানকলার তনযশাস আর তবজঞান দিশন তি কত -

থযটা এ াকন মল পরাসতেক - গতনকতর পরকয়াজন থনই তবজঞান সতয আতবষকাকরর একটা েণশ অনিীতলত েিতত যা সমপণশ তনভশ র ককর যতি

তেয সং যা পরমাকণর েনরাবততত আর পরাকলবধ জঞাকনর উের থকান বযাতিগত বা সমতিগত অনভব বা তবশবাকসর ওের নয় তবজঞাকনর

েতেবীকত তবকি সতয থবাকল তকি থনই এটাও মকন রা কত কব থয তবজঞাকনর সতয অতনতম নয় এই সতয মানকের উৎকিতম কাতরগতর

কষমতায় সবকেকক যতিগরা য আজককর উেলতবধ যা েরবতীকাকল সতযতর বার সমভাবনা রাক তকনত সাধারণ নাগতরককর তবজঞান তিকষা

তবজঞানী বার জনয নয় বরং আরও বযােক - জীবকন মনকন আর তেনতকন যতিমনা ওয়া এবং স -নাগতরককর যিতনভশ র ধারনা বা মতকক

মলয থদওয়া আদিশ তেতামাতা আদিশ সনতান আদিশ ভাইকবান আর আদিশ বনধ ওয়া

মিমনা বার তদবতীয় িতশ তবমতশ কিনা িতি একটা উদা রণ থদওয়া যাক আমরা থসাজা দতিকত থোক র সামকন পরাকততক েটভতম থদ কত

োই অকনকক আোককতও োতর এবার যতদ কিনা থকারকত বলা য় থয ঐ েটভতম থকমন থদ াকব যতদ িীেশাসন থকাকর উকে থদ া য়

আমরা অকনককই ভাবকত বা আোককত োরকবা না তবজঞান তিকষা এ াকনও মলযবান তার সকে তিি তবকিে ককর তবমতশ তিি তিকষাও এক

উননত েিতত তবমতশ কিনািতি আমাকদর মতশ জগকতর অনধতব থেকক আকলায় আসার এক অমলয থসাোন

সবকিকে দরকার তকশ তনেনতা তবকিেত থ ারতর দবাতনদবক েতরকবকি নীততকবাধ আর নযায়কবাকধর সকে আেস না থকাকর এ াকন দিশনিাসতর-

তিকষা একটা অগাধ ভতমকা তনকত োকর মকন রা কত কব দিশনতবদযা পরােয বা োিাতয মানব ইতত াকসর পরােীনতম তবদযা আর এই

তবেকয়র উেলবধ জঞান মানকের দী শতম অতভজঞতা পরসত সকষ ও উচচমাগীয় মনন সমি মলযবান উেলতবধ দিশনতবদযা আমাকদর উেযি

আর পরাসতেক থসই পরে থকারকত থি ায় যার উততর আমাকদর বযতি আতমর বাইকর উনমি ককর আমরা বঝকত তিত সমাজবিতার তনগঢ

অেশ দিশন আমাকক থি ায় থয সসথ সমাকজ আমার পরততদবতেতা যতির সংকগ বযতির সংকগ নয় থয একটা বযাততিমী তেয ক নও একটা

েণশ সতযকক পরততিা ককর না থয যতির উেসং ার শধমাে ঠিক আর থবঠিককর মকধযই সীমাবি নয় থয কারণ অজঞাত মাকনই থকাকনা দাবী

সতয নয় থয তবশবাকসর সতযতা পরমাকনর দাতয়তব তবশবাসকক থয সকে ককর তাো র উের বতশ ায় না থয একটা ধারণা জনতপরয় কলও তা

অকমা অসতয স কজই থ াকত োকর ইতযাতদ অতএব মলকো তিকষার পরসাকরর সকে তিকষার এই ধরকনর মাকনাননয়ন উননততর নাগতরক

তততর করকব

অতনতকম পরে থ াকলা তিকষাকক তকব তকভাকব গনতকনতরর অেীভত করা যাকব পরেমতিঃ ককলজ অবতধ তিকষাকক বাধযতামলক কথর তা

সাধারণ নাগতরককর কাকি তবনামকলয থে োকিাকনা একটা পরােতমক আর থম তলক পরকয়াজন তদবতীয়তিঃ ধীর তকনত অবিযমভাবী গততকত নাগতরককর

তিকষাকক তাো র গনতাতনতরক অতধকাকরর মান তনণশয়কনর একটি তলাদনড ত সাকব সংতবধানভি করকত কব ততীয়তিঃ এই তিকষায় তিতকষত

তনবশাতেত জনপরতততনতধ বা রাজনীততক গনতকনতরর কমশিতিকক তীকষণ ও বযাপত ককর এক কলেমতির তদিা থদকব

আগামীর নবয-গনতাতনতরক রাজনীততর েকে তা কব এক আকাতিত দঢ ও পরসসথ েদককষে

Wish you all Subho Bijaya

From Pal and Sambataro Family (Dhananjay Ranu Arijit

Arundhati Joey Hiran and Aryana) October 2019

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BEST WISHES AND SEASONS GREETINGS FROM ANUKAR CHARITABLE AND GHOSE FAMILY

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa ke bina bitay na koi sama

Beti behan ardhangini hai Maa

Dus Bhujao ki Shakti se bani ye Durga Maa

Bachon ke chanchal mann mae

Vidya ka samarpan karati hai ye Saraswati Maa

Hamara bhavishya ujjwal krnay ke liyay

Dhan ko sambhal k rakhti hai ye Lakshmi Maa

Kokh se jeevan br tk

Kasto se ladne ki himmat deti hai ye Kali Maa

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa k bina bitay na koi samahellip

Durga Maa

Lakshmi Maa Kali Maa

Saraswati Maa

Maa Subhamay Pramanik and Sandeep Kaur

পরসার অনিীলন ও রাজযিাসকনর নীতত তনধশারকন ঐ তিকষার মলয তদকত োইকি না বা োরকি না তিতকষকতর থয থকাকনা তনতদশ ি আর পরাসতেক

থেিায় বা গকন তনেণ কো শকন রােীয় নীততকরন পরকয়াজনীয় থমাকন করকি না অতিকষা আর অসকেতনতা জতনত তকি আোত জনতপরয়

ধারনাকক ইনধন যতগকয় এই নতন রােিতিগতল একটা ভীড়-তাতড়ত অপরগততিীল আর কাল-তবকরাতধ েকে থযকত োইকি থেতকন বা

অকেতকন এটা তনরািা তততর ককর পরততবাদ থকারকল মিমনা োকা পরগততিীল সনাতন ঐতত যর তবধবংসীকাতর থবাকল সরাসতর বা

সামাতজক পরোরমাধযকম রটনা শর য় তেনতাতবম মানেকদর মগজকধালাই থকারকত

এটা তনিঃসকেক আধতনক গনতকনতরর একটা সংকট অবিয ইতত াকস এই েি আকগও থ াকয়কি যা অবকিকে গনতনতরকক উননততর ককরকি

তনরাি নই এবারও য়ত তাই কব এই সংককটর একটাই সমাধান - তিতকষতকদর সামাতজক এবং রাজননততক তবেকয় মননতসি ওয়া

স কজ বযতিগত আ াত না থেকত থি া (েতিকম একটা পরকাি আকি Dont be a snowflake) আর কঠিন থ াকলও

রাজনীততকত সকেতন ভাকব অংি থনওয়া আধতনক তিতকষতকদর রাজনীততকক ণা করার পরবনতাটা ঠিক নয় যতদও এটা বলা স জ তকনত করা

য়ত ততটাই কঠিন আর ঠিক আগামীকাল থেককই শর করা যাকব না তকব এটা েতরষকার থয আদিশ তিকষাতব ীন গনতনতর অকনকটাই

অসমপণশ আর সংকটটা থযক ত আমাকদর গনতনতরগতলর অনতর তনসত আধতনক তিকষােিততর অনতর থিাধন পরাসতেক এবং মলযবান এবার

থসই তবেকয় আতস

যতিম ী তিকষার অননয সরতণ তবজঞান তিকষা এ াকন একটা কো পরেকমই থবাকল রাত থয তবজঞানকলার তনযশাস আর তবজঞান দিশন তি কত -

থযটা এ াকন মল পরাসতেক - গতনকতর পরকয়াজন থনই তবজঞান সতয আতবষকাকরর একটা েণশ অনিীতলত েিতত যা সমপণশ তনভশ র ককর যতি

তেয সং যা পরমাকণর েনরাবততত আর পরাকলবধ জঞাকনর উের থকান বযাতিগত বা সমতিগত অনভব বা তবশবাকসর ওের নয় তবজঞাকনর

েতেবীকত তবকি সতয থবাকল তকি থনই এটাও মকন রা কত কব থয তবজঞাকনর সতয অতনতম নয় এই সতয মানকের উৎকিতম কাতরগতর

কষমতায় সবকেকক যতিগরা য আজককর উেলতবধ যা েরবতীকাকল সতযতর বার সমভাবনা রাক তকনত সাধারণ নাগতরককর তবজঞান তিকষা

তবজঞানী বার জনয নয় বরং আরও বযােক - জীবকন মনকন আর তেনতকন যতিমনা ওয়া এবং স -নাগতরককর যিতনভশ র ধারনা বা মতকক

মলয থদওয়া আদিশ তেতামাতা আদিশ সনতান আদিশ ভাইকবান আর আদিশ বনধ ওয়া

মিমনা বার তদবতীয় িতশ তবমতশ কিনা িতি একটা উদা রণ থদওয়া যাক আমরা থসাজা দতিকত থোক র সামকন পরাকততক েটভতম থদ কত

োই অকনকক আোককতও োতর এবার যতদ কিনা থকারকত বলা য় থয ঐ েটভতম থকমন থদ াকব যতদ িীেশাসন থকাকর উকে থদ া য়

আমরা অকনককই ভাবকত বা আোককত োরকবা না তবজঞান তিকষা এ াকনও মলযবান তার সকে তিি তবকিে ককর তবমতশ তিি তিকষাও এক

উননত েিতত তবমতশ কিনািতি আমাকদর মতশ জগকতর অনধতব থেকক আকলায় আসার এক অমলয থসাোন

সবকিকে দরকার তকশ তনেনতা তবকিেত থ ারতর দবাতনদবক েতরকবকি নীততকবাধ আর নযায়কবাকধর সকে আেস না থকাকর এ াকন দিশনিাসতর-

তিকষা একটা অগাধ ভতমকা তনকত োকর মকন রা কত কব দিশনতবদযা পরােয বা োিাতয মানব ইতত াকসর পরােীনতম তবদযা আর এই

তবেকয়র উেলবধ জঞান মানকের দী শতম অতভজঞতা পরসত সকষ ও উচচমাগীয় মনন সমি মলযবান উেলতবধ দিশনতবদযা আমাকদর উেযি

আর পরাসতেক থসই পরে থকারকত থি ায় যার উততর আমাকদর বযতি আতমর বাইকর উনমি ককর আমরা বঝকত তিত সমাজবিতার তনগঢ

অেশ দিশন আমাকক থি ায় থয সসথ সমাকজ আমার পরততদবতেতা যতির সংকগ বযতির সংকগ নয় থয একটা বযাততিমী তেয ক নও একটা

েণশ সতযকক পরততিা ককর না থয যতির উেসং ার শধমাে ঠিক আর থবঠিককর মকধযই সীমাবি নয় থয কারণ অজঞাত মাকনই থকাকনা দাবী

সতয নয় থয তবশবাকসর সতযতা পরমাকনর দাতয়তব তবশবাসকক থয সকে ককর তাো র উের বতশ ায় না থয একটা ধারণা জনতপরয় কলও তা

অকমা অসতয স কজই থ াকত োকর ইতযাতদ অতএব মলকো তিকষার পরসাকরর সকে তিকষার এই ধরকনর মাকনাননয়ন উননততর নাগতরক

তততর করকব

অতনতকম পরে থ াকলা তিকষাকক তকব তকভাকব গনতকনতরর অেীভত করা যাকব পরেমতিঃ ককলজ অবতধ তিকষাকক বাধযতামলক কথর তা

সাধারণ নাগতরককর কাকি তবনামকলয থে োকিাকনা একটা পরােতমক আর থম তলক পরকয়াজন তদবতীয়তিঃ ধীর তকনত অবিযমভাবী গততকত নাগতরককর

তিকষাকক তাো র গনতাতনতরক অতধকাকরর মান তনণশয়কনর একটি তলাদনড ত সাকব সংতবধানভি করকত কব ততীয়তিঃ এই তিকষায় তিতকষত

তনবশাতেত জনপরতততনতধ বা রাজনীততক গনতকনতরর কমশিতিকক তীকষণ ও বযাপত ককর এক কলেমতির তদিা থদকব

আগামীর নবয-গনতাতনতরক রাজনীততর েকে তা কব এক আকাতিত দঢ ও পরসসথ েদককষে

Wish you all Subho Bijaya

From Pal and Sambataro Family (Dhananjay Ranu Arijit

Arundhati Joey Hiran and Aryana) October 2019

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BEST WISHES AND SEASONS GREETINGS FROM ANUKAR CHARITABLE AND GHOSE FAMILY

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa ke bina bitay na koi sama

Beti behan ardhangini hai Maa

Dus Bhujao ki Shakti se bani ye Durga Maa

Bachon ke chanchal mann mae

Vidya ka samarpan karati hai ye Saraswati Maa

Hamara bhavishya ujjwal krnay ke liyay

Dhan ko sambhal k rakhti hai ye Lakshmi Maa

Kokh se jeevan br tk

Kasto se ladne ki himmat deti hai ye Kali Maa

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa k bina bitay na koi samahellip

Durga Maa

Lakshmi Maa Kali Maa

Saraswati Maa

Maa Subhamay Pramanik and Sandeep Kaur

তিকষাকক তাো র গনতাতনতরক অতধকাকরর মান তনণশয়কনর একটি তলাদনড ত সাকব সংতবধানভি করকত কব ততীয়তিঃ এই তিকষায় তিতকষত

তনবশাতেত জনপরতততনতধ বা রাজনীততক গনতকনতরর কমশিতিকক তীকষণ ও বযাপত ককর এক কলেমতির তদিা থদকব

আগামীর নবয-গনতাতনতরক রাজনীততর েকে তা কব এক আকাতিত দঢ ও পরসসথ েদককষে

Wish you all Subho Bijaya

From Pal and Sambataro Family (Dhananjay Ranu Arijit

Arundhati Joey Hiran and Aryana) October 2019

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BEST WISHES AND SEASONS GREETINGS FROM ANUKAR CHARITABLE AND GHOSE FAMILY

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa ke bina bitay na koi sama

Beti behan ardhangini hai Maa

Dus Bhujao ki Shakti se bani ye Durga Maa

Bachon ke chanchal mann mae

Vidya ka samarpan karati hai ye Saraswati Maa

Hamara bhavishya ujjwal krnay ke liyay

Dhan ko sambhal k rakhti hai ye Lakshmi Maa

Kokh se jeevan br tk

Kasto se ladne ki himmat deti hai ye Kali Maa

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa k bina bitay na koi samahellip

Durga Maa

Lakshmi Maa Kali Maa

Saraswati Maa

Maa Subhamay Pramanik and Sandeep Kaur

Wish you all Subho Bijaya

From Pal and Sambataro Family (Dhananjay Ranu Arijit

Arundhati Joey Hiran and Aryana) October 2019

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

BEST WISHES AND SEASONS GREETINGS FROM ANUKAR CHARITABLE AND GHOSE FAMILY

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa ke bina bitay na koi sama

Beti behan ardhangini hai Maa

Dus Bhujao ki Shakti se bani ye Durga Maa

Bachon ke chanchal mann mae

Vidya ka samarpan karati hai ye Saraswati Maa

Hamara bhavishya ujjwal krnay ke liyay

Dhan ko sambhal k rakhti hai ye Lakshmi Maa

Kokh se jeevan br tk

Kasto se ladne ki himmat deti hai ye Kali Maa

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa k bina bitay na koi samahellip

Durga Maa

Lakshmi Maa Kali Maa

Saraswati Maa

Maa Subhamay Pramanik and Sandeep Kaur

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa ke bina bitay na koi sama

Beti behan ardhangini hai Maa

Dus Bhujao ki Shakti se bani ye Durga Maa

Bachon ke chanchal mann mae

Vidya ka samarpan karati hai ye Saraswati Maa

Hamara bhavishya ujjwal krnay ke liyay

Dhan ko sambhal k rakhti hai ye Lakshmi Maa

Kokh se jeevan br tk

Kasto se ladne ki himmat deti hai ye Kali Maa

Ishwar ka avtar hai Maa

Maa k bina bitay na koi samahellip

Durga Maa

Lakshmi Maa Kali Maa

Saraswati Maa

Maa Subhamay Pramanik and Sandeep Kaur

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বাঙালির শারদ াৎসব

শশাভনা শভৌলিক (লসনহা)

আশবিনের মাঝামাঝঝ উঠিল বাজো বাঝজ

পজার সময এ ল কানে--

শরৎকানলর এই সময পরকশবির যে সাজ িাই যেনে যবাঝা োয পজা এনস যেল চাশবরশবেনক সাো

কাশ ফনলর সমানরাহ শবশশবশর যেজা শবশউশবল ফনলর মে মািানো েনে বািাস েনর থাকা েীল আকানশর

মানঝ যপেজা িনলার মনিা সাো যমনের যেলা আর পােো যমনল সাো বনকর উনে োওযা োবনলই মেটা

যেনচ উনি যোট বে সকনলর

ববশবেক েনে শরৎ কালনক ঈষ-ঊজজ (োদর ও আশবিে) োনম বলা হি এই সময ফল মল ও শনসের

সারাাংশ োনেে পশবরণশবি লাে কনর পরকশবি যেে িার সমসত আনযাজে শবেনয অনপকষা কনর এই

েনে জাৎসনবর বাঙাশবল এই শারেীযা উৎসনবর জেে সারা বের োো পশবরকলপো কনর পরকশবির সানজর

সনে সবাই সাধে মি শবেনজনের সাজায েিে জামা কাপে যথনক শর কনর বাশবে ের সাজানো

চাশবরশবেনক আনলার সাজ োো রকম োবার বিশবরর পরসতশবি সব শবমনল যেে আেনের যজাযার এনস োয

শরৎ কানল এই েে জা পজা সর হয যেিা েনে- শরীরামচনদর সীিা উদধানরর জেে রাবনণর সনে েনদধর

পরাককানল সমদর িীনর মা েে জার অকাল যবাধে কনরশবেনলে ১০৮ ঠট েীল পদম শবেনয মা এর পজা যেওযার

সময একঠট পদম কম পেনল শবিশবে শবেনজর একঠট চকষ যেওযার সাংকলপ করনল যেবী পরকঠটি হে এবাং

আশীব জাে কনরে যসই যথনক এই সময েে জা পজার পরচলে হয

আমরা মাশবে ঈির এক এবাং অশবেনন ববশবেক ঝশবষরা জােনিে ঈির একজেই শবকনত মােষ িােনক বহ

রনপ যেনেনে বনলই অশবিনেবিা বায যেবিা জল যেবিা সে জ যেবিা ইিোশবে বনল যেনকনে পরকশবির

এই সব শবকের মনধে শববপল শঝি শবেশবহি আনে বরহমা শববষণ মনহির একই িততব শবিে মশবি জনি শববরাজমাে

সঠি - শবিশবি - পরলনযর আবিজে পেরাবিজে মাথায যরনে বরহমা শববষণ মনহিনরর কম জ শববোনের মনধে আনরা

এক শবেেে িততব চাপা পনে োয যসটা হল পরমা শঝির কথা শঝি োো যিা মহাশঝিমাে ঈিনরর

কলপো সমভব েয যেমে আগনের মনধে োশবহকা শঝি ো থাকনল আগনের যকানো মলে যেই

মাকজনেয চেীনি যেো োয - যেবিা ও অসরনের মনধে েীে জকাল ধনর েদধ হওযার পর যেবরাজ ইনদর

মশবহষাসনরর কানে পরাঝজি ও সবে জ যথনক শববিাশবেি হনলে িার ফনল সঠির সমসত শঙখলা যেনঙ পেল

অসহায যেবিারা পরজাপশবি বরহমানক অগরবিী কনর শববষণ এবাং মনহিনরর শরণাপনন হনলে মশবহষাসনরর

অিোচার এবাং সঠির সমহ শববপে বািজা বণ জো করনল েেবাে শববষণ ও মনহিনরর কর রদধ মেমণডল যথনক

যবশবরনয এল শববরাট যিজ যসই যিজ এবাং সমি যেবিানের যিজ সঝিশবলি োনব বিশবর করল এক অপব জ

েীশবিমযী োরী বরহমা শববষণ মনহির সহ সব যেবিারা শবেনজনের পরধাে অসতরগশবল িনল শবেনলে যসই

মহানেবী চণডীকার হানি মশবহষাসর বনধর সময যেবীর িাণডশববণী মশবি জ যেো যেনলও শমভ - শবেশমভ বনধর

আনে যেবীর যমাশবহেী মশবি জ যেেনি পাই এই যমাশবহেী মশবি জ েশ জে কনর অসনররা েেে অসরশবচি েমভ ও

আসফালে করনি লােল যেবী শানত েমভীর মনে িানের জাোনলে েদধ কনর জয করনি হনব িানক

এরপর পরবল পরাকরানত অসরেে িাের সিনে এনল শবিশবে েযাংকরী েনদধানমততা শবসাংহবাশবহেী মশবি জনি িানের

সাংহার করনলে

পাশবথ জব জেনির শঙখলা ও সশবিশবি বজায রাোর জেে শববষণমাযা েেবিী িাণডশববেী মশবিজ ধারণ কনরশবেনলে

অশে শঝির শববোশ কনর শে শঝির িাপো করার জেে েেবাে শববষণ শঝি রশবপেী োরী অবিার রনপ

যেো শবেনযশবেনলে শববশবেনন কানল অসর রপ অশে শঝির পরোব বঝদধ যপনল িানক েমে করার জেে

2

শববশবেনন রনপ যেবীর আশববেজাব েনট িাই চণডী কালী যকৌশবশকী েে জা পাব জিী সবরপি পথক হনলও একই

যেবসততার সামশবযক রপ এবাং যমৌল সবরপ হল পরমা পরকশবি

শরৎ কানল আমরা যে েে জা পনজা কশবর যসোনে মশবহষাসর বনধ যেবী েে জার যকানো অবোে যেই েে জা

োনমর মনধে সমসত েে জশবিোনশর ঈশবেি থাকায েে জা েে জশবিোশবশেী শববপততাশবরণী হনয উনিনেে মােনষর

মনে মহাোরনি শববষণর সহসর োনমর একঠট োম হল েে জ পরম পরষ েশবে েে জ হে িনব পরমা পরকশবি

মহামাযাই েে জা

েে জা পজার সময এক চালায কাশবিজক েনণশ লকষমী ও সরসবিীর মশবি জ আমারা যেেনি পাই শবকনত কাশবিজক

েনণশ েে জার েেজজাি পে েয আবার েে জা যেোনে মহাশঝির পরশবিরপ শবহনসনব শবচশবিি যসোনে ঐিে জ

ধনের শঝি রশবপেী লকষমী অথবা শববেো শঝি জঞাে শঝি সবরশবপেী সরসবিী েজনেই যসই পরমা শঝির

সহাশবযকা শঝি মাে যসই শবেক যথনক এরা েজনেই পরমা শঝির কেো েই পে ও েই কেো সহ যে

পাশবরবাশবরক শবচে আমরা যেশবে যসটা বাাংলার ববশবশিে োরিবনষ জর অেেে অিেজা মশবি জনি যকৌশবশকী

কালীর েবরাঝে পজা হয েে জার মনমযী মশবি জ পজার সময এক চালার মাথায শবশনবর একঠট েশবব বা মশবি জ

থানক কারে শবশব োো শঝি থানকেো বাঙাশবলর চারশবেে ধনর েে জা পজা যেে সপশবরবানর বানপর বাশবে

যবোনি আসা এই কলপোর জেৎ বিশবরর অবোে বাাংলার কশবব - শবশলপী - কাশবরেরনের

পশবথবীনি অেোয যলাে শবহাংসা কপটাচার পাশশববকিা ইিোশবে অপগণ গশবল বঝদধ যপনল পরকশবি শবেজ

শঝিনি (পরাকশবিক শববপে জয) েমে কনরে আমরা অশে শঝি শববোশকাশবরণী যেবীর কানে শে শঝির

আেমে পরাথ জো কশবর

(

-

)

শ

শ

শ

শ

ৎ

শ শ

শ

শ

শ

শ

শ

শ

শ শ

শ

Wish you all Happy Vijaya 2019

From Apramay Priya Anju and Sanjay Mishra

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From

Saptarshi Shilpi Nivedita and Siddhartha Ganguly 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Neela Radha Shelley and Raj 2019

Subho Saradiya

From Monica Mayuri Debjani and Sujit 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Sukalpa Sanandi Sharmistha and Debraj 2019

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Wish you all a very happy dussehra

From Sara Sayush Shubhra and Sanjeev

Journey of an Indian Scientist

30 years before to The Antarctic Continent

Ashis Kumar Hazra PhD DSc FZS(Cal)

Emeritus Scientist Zoological Survey of india Kolkata

1st ZSI Scientist to Antarctic Expedition

INTRODUCTION

Antarctica vast barren and inhospitable continent has remained largely unexploited till beginning of this largest continent the population is only 800 or so during winter and about 2000 during brief busy summer months The problems as faced by modern expedition members continue to be almost the same as faced by explorers 80years ago Its environment remains hostile There are extreme cold long periods of light and darkness restricted activity and social deprivation Among the ancient Greeks Pythagoras and Aristotle in particular argued that the Earthrsquos is a sphere This concept slowly and slowly led to the evolution to the notion of the evolution of the existence of Terra Australis or the southern landmass to balance the known northern world That the Earth is spherical is proved through part of the earth and it goes without saying that the myth of Terra Australis still persists In the meantime by the wind of nineteenth century Antarctica was mapped though unfortunately we yet knew very little about it As per the broadly accepted theory and evolution process Antarctica was part of the supercontinent Pangaea covering most of the earthrsquos land surface After the

Hazra with meteorologists who would release weather balloons every hour to predict storms and alert scientists

Due to a superstition passengers of a ship crossing the Equator were to enact a play seeking permission from the sea king and queen

break up to Pangaea about220 million years ago Antarctica became the part of the southern section Gondwana Further evolution process resulted in the fragmentation of Gondwana over 200 million years Today this land continent has an area of 7 sq km without ice cap and 14 sq km with the icecap Roughly circular it has a diameter of about 4500 km and is the 5th largest continent larger than Europe and Australia

Ship that breaks ice

Back in the day during a ZSI meeting I had proposed that our department send a team to Antarctica Our Director loved the idea but everyone else backed out at the thought of actually going there So I was chosen to do the job

The Indian expedition had 81 people mdash scientists members of the army navy air force and doctors We set sail from Goa and headed southwest on the Thuleland a Swedish ship that was so huge it would 36000 metric tonnes capacity

As we crossed the 51st parallel south latitude we started encountering what looked like sheets or boulders of ice on the water Sometimes we could witness the water turning into ice and approaching the ship While it looked harmless nine times of what was visible lay hidden underwater and we had to dodge it lest we did a Titanic

When the ice got too much to dodge our ship would deploy machines to break the ice and push its way through But when the icebreaker could move no further our air force pilots brought out our Mi8 helicopters and flew our team to mainland Antarctica

Centre lost under snow

Antarctica is abundant in minerals like coal gold and oil and so many countries want to claim it as their own So an Antarctic Treaty was formulated in 1959 in which member countries agreed that it would be no manrsquos land However they are free to go over and conduct peaceful and eco-friendly scientific research

When India reached the continent in the early 80s they built an ad hoc research centre near the eastern shore and called it Dakshin Gangotri But within few years of our stay there it got drowned in snow and we had to move into a new station mdash Maitri in East Antartica mdash in a rocky part of the continent that continues to be used

Drinking molten lake water

On paper Antarctic summer means sunlight even at night but in reality the sun shone bright just once or twice a week The rest of the time it was stormy with low light

Blizzards at speeds of up to 200kph were common They would make our huts tremble and leave so much snow around us that we would have to shovel our way out of our huts every morning But this snow would not fall from the sky like rain It doesnrsquot rain in Antarctica The blizzards lift loose snow or ice from the ground and blow it around

Thuleland the Swedish icebreaker veers itrsquos way through icebergs

When we reached the continent the temperature was -2deg although up to -89deg has been recorded there Humidity would sometimes slip even below 2 per cent and oxygen level was low as there are no plants to create any

We lived in prefabricated huts where the ground floor was our lab and first floor was the living area for three or four of us We ate packed food drank water melted from an adjacent lake (that we named Priyadarshini after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi) and were flown to the ship once a fortnight for a bath

The ship kept sailing in the vicinity for the months that we did our work and since the choppers had no helipads to land on the ice we would climb in and out using ladders dropped down

Protective papa penguins

We had a lot of zoology work to cover on the trip but everything depended on our colleagues from the meteorology department They would release weather balloons every hour to predict storms and we would have to plan our excursions accordingly

Since the land has snow whichever way you look one has no visual reference to navigate This is a condition called ldquowhiteoutrdquo To help us find our way we would plant ldquocolour sticksrdquo for up to 4km outside our centre And if we needed to cover an extra mile tomorrow we would have to go today and plant extra sticks

On the work front we got to study plant and animal life We found moss mites nematodes and springtails and are still studying how they adapt to the inhospitable conditions We studied albatross huge birds with wingspans of 12ft and skuas predatory birds with webbed feet They do not have perching claws like birds in Calcutta as there are no trees in Antarctica for them to perch on Rather they have webbed feet that lets them swim and eat krills a shrimp-like creature that supports most of the food chain on the continent

The most fascinating birds were the emperor penguins These are the largest penguins mdash about 5ft in height and over 30kg in weight mdash and are the only birds that lay eggs in winter

A female lays a single egg in April hands it over to her mate and heads to the ocean She feeds there for the next four months while the male incubates the egg in a pouch above his feet He stands still and goes without food and in case of strong blizzards huddles with other males to protect their eggs

The females return in August when the eggs hatch Penguin colonies have lakhs of them living together but a couple recognises each another by their distinct voice calls

Indian ship THULELAND reached in Antarctica foreground two emperor penguins

The male now transfers the chick to the motherrsquos feet and heads to the sea to feed The mother regurgitates part of what she has eaten all winter and feeds the fledgling Penguins mate for life and the couples will continue this cycle every year

As per the Antarctic Treaty we arenrsquot allowed to take any live animals out of the continent but I brought back a penguin chick that had died a spoilt penguin egghellip They are on display at the ZSI museum in New Alipore and the Indian Museum

Death amp disease

One of our team-mates got appendicitis but the doctors were not worried Antarctica is too cold even for bacteria so they removed his appendix without any fear of infection

Before heading out on this trip we underwent intense training We were made to sign a government bond and told in unambiguous terms that there was a 50-50 chance of survival in Antarctica Little did we know that four of us would indeed not be returning home

On January 8 three scientists amp a naval officer were found dead in a tent they had erected for research 70km ( Hmboult Mountain Range ) from our Base camp It was probably due to carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator they kept in their tent to run a heater They knew generators werenrsquot allowed in tents but perhaps the cold was unbearable

We were very upset as were the Russians who came down from their station to offer condolences (with the help of dictionaries)

Usually bodies of those who die in Antarctica are left there as a lasting tribute but we wanted to send our friends home We kept the bodies in coffins and a month later a Russian plane would carry them back

But so punishing was the weather that when the plane arrived we couldnrsquot find the coffins under the snow We had to get a bulldozer to do the job

Antarctica holds 90 per cent of the earthrsquos ice This is why global warming is such a concern If all that ice melts imagine how much the sea level would rise and how much of the rest of the world would get submerged

The place is pollution-free but ironically the ozone layer above it has got a hole We can draw political boundaries across the earth but pollution does not abide by it People in Europe and Asia could be using excessive air-conditioners and fridges but the effect is showing in the South Pole

Acknowledgement I am thankful to Brinda Sarkar of The Telegraphs for helping me in

writing the manuscript

Hazra with teammate Sudipta Sengupta

Happy Vijaya

From Sudha and Tapan Chaudhuri 2019

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Happy Dussehra

From Usha and Swapan Saha 2019

Wish you all Happy Dussehra

From Dr Mahoua Ray and Dr Mayank Gupta 2019 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subho Vijaya

From Rachel Surojit Debjani Tripti and Debabrata Bhaduri 2019

Subho Vijaya From Kole Family 2019

Subho Vijaya From Konika and Ajay Pal 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Aveek Minati and Animesh 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Gouri and Subrata 2019

THE LIFE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN AMERICA

Ashim Mitra

Throughout the ages great personalities have landed on the shores of this new continent and left

their footprints behind Some of them influenced art and literature some science and education However Swami Vivekananda touched the very soul of the

American people He charmed audiences with his magical oratory and left an indelible mark on Americas spiritual development

The story of his journey to North America has

been told many times in many different ways It is the

story of a destitute unknown monk from an unrecognized organization representing an impoverished

nation To understand and appreciate it fully we have to retrace our steps back in time

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Dev guru of Vivekananda passed away in the summer of 1886 It

was a difficult time for his disciples Vivekananda felt the intense agony of separation from his guru

With 15 other disciples he moved to a dilapidate house in Baranagar from Cossipore and took the vow

of sannyas They underwent a lot of religious practices including deep meditation there At that time

they had no thought of whether the world even existed or not He wanted to lose himself in silent

meditation but the mundane duties of life brought him back He realized that he was not meant to live

the life of a recluse struggling for personal salvation He heard the inner call for a greater mission as

envisioned by his guru

Swamiji embarked on a long journey to explore and discover India He travelled from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari as a Parivrajak From the Himalayas to Kanyakumari During his travel Swami Vivekananda was deeply moved to see the appealing poverty of the masses He was the first religious leader in India to understand and openly declare that the real cause of Indias downfall was the neglect of the masses

During the course of his wanderings he heard about the Worlds Parliament of Religion to be held in Chicago His friends and admirers wanted him to attend the Parliament In the last lap of his pilgrimage across India he came to Kanyakumari He swam through the shark infested water to what is now called Vivekananda Rock As he sat on the rock he meditated deeply on India- her past present and future After three days of meditation he took the momentous decision to go to the west to raise money for the upliftment of India

He also had a vision He saw Sri Ramakrishna walking into ocean and beckoning for himto follow Earlier he had written a letter to Maa Sarada asking for her blessings At last he received her response He asked his followers to collect money for the journey He was also helped by the Maharaja of Mysore the Raja of Ramnad and the Raja of Khetri On 31

st May 1893 he sailed for America

from Mumbai (Bombay then) via Colombo Tokyo and Vancouver On the train journey from Vancouver to Chicago he encountered Miss Katherine Abbot Sanborn Very much impressed by his personality and appearance she gave him her card and invited him to be a guest in her house in Massachusetts Early days in Chicago Swamiji arrived in Chicago on 30

th July 1893 After his arrival he learned that the

Parliament of Religion was to be held couple of months later in September He also did not have the necessary paperwork including a letter of introduction that was needed to register for the event Not just that the date for registration had also already passed There was therefore no chance that Swamiji could be allowed to speak at the event Now only after a few

days in Chicago Swamiji realized that he was running out of money He then remembered that a lady by the name Katherine Abbott Sanborn who had offered him help should he need any Katherine Abbott Sanborn lived in Boston Massachussetts Swamiji decided to leave Chicago for Boston

Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn

His acquaintance with Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn was instrumental in his entry to the Parliament of Religions On August 1893 Swamiji reached Boston Kate Sanborn wrote in her memoirs Katharine Abbot Sanborn was a poet teacher lecturer above all a humanist She was not only his hostess in those early days she was also instrumental in introducing him to Professor Wright and other men and women of influence Professor JH Wright Professor JH Wright a

professor of Greek at Harvard University

encouraged Swamiji to introduce Hinduism in the Parliament of Religions He wrote about Swamiji to a number of important people connected with the parliament Prof Wright not only gave Swamiji a letter of introduction he also bought his tickets to Chicago

Return to Chicago Swamiji reached to Chicago on 9th

September To his dismay he found that he has lost the letter of introduction and the address of the committee Tired and hungry he spent the night in an empty boxcar

Next morning forgetting that he was in a foreign country he went begging for food as was the century old tradition of the Hindu monks People saw his rumpled clothes travel worn appearance and slammed their doors in his face Exhausted and resigning himself to the will of the almighty he sat down on the

roadside curb He thought of fighting back against all the odds He also knew that no great things were ever done without great

labor He submitted to the lord completely Mrs Hale an

influential lady living in the opposite house saw him and asked ldquoSir are you the Parliament of ReligionsrdquoSwamiji childlike as always poured out all his troubles

I have lost everything in the train I have no credentials and I do not know where to gordquo

ldquoI am tired and totally lost Mrs Hale invited him in her house gave him hot breakfast and saw to his immediate needs Later she took him to the office of the parliament of religion and introduced him to Dr Barrows the President of the

Parliament Swamiji never forgot the kindness and courtesy of Mrs Hale He became a part of the family until his death in 1902

Speech at the Parliament of Religion

The parliament of religion was an

adjunct to the world Columbian exposition

which was held in Chicago in 1893 to

celebrate the 400th

anniversary of the

discovery of America by Christopher

Columbus The first session of the

parliament was held on Monday

September 11 in the spacious hall of the

Art Institute It opened with a prayer after which the delegates were introduced one by one They read

their prepared speeches Swamiji had not prepared a speech for the occasion and he had never

addressed a public gathering before He kept postponing the speech In the afternoon when he could no

longer put off his turn he stood up inwardly bowed down to Devi S a r a swati and began to speak

ldquoSisters and brothers of Americardquo

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us I thank you in the name of most ancient orders of monks in the world I thank you in the name of the mother of religions I thank you in the names of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sect

ldquo Many thanks also to some of the speakers on this platform who referring to the delegates from the Orient have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands of idea of toleration I am proud to belong to a religion who has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance We believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true The present convention which is one of most august assemblies ever held is in itself a vindication a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in Gita Whosoever comes to me through whatsoever form I reach him all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to Me Sectarianism bigotry and its horrible descendant fanaticism have long possessed this beautiful earth They have filled the earth with violence drenched it often and often with human blood destroyed civilization and sent whole nation to despair Had it not been for these horrible demons human society would be far more advanced than it is now But their time has come and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanatism of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen and of all charitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goalsrdquo

I am a Hindu and I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the whole world is my little well The Christian sits in his little well and thinks that whole world is his well The Mohammedan sits in his little well and thinks that this is the whole world I have to thank you of America for the great attempt you are making to break down the barriers of this little world of ours and hope that in the future the lord will help you to accomplish of your purpose

From an Unknown Monk to Celebrity Swami Vivekananda shook not only America but the whole world with his speech New York Herald wrote After hearing his speech it seems that sending religious propagators to a country like India highly eminent in the field of religion is but sheer stupidity Harriet Monroe an editor and poet who was present at the Parliament later wrote in her autobiography Swami Vivekananda stole the whole show and captured the town

His personality his voice the fervor of his feelings the beauty of his message to the western world

1gave us a rare and perfect moment of supreme emotion It was a human eloquence at its highest pitch Following his success in the Parliament of religions Swamiji continued delivering lectures on Hindu philosophy He traveled to various parts of the United States including Madison Minneapolis Des Moines Detroit and Boston In November 1894 he established the Vedanta Society in New York Swamiji preached the gospel of the unity of religion and scattered the seeds of purity knowledge and faith His message to the world was

Assimilation and not destruction harmony and peace of dissention

He told his disciples in Calcutta America is where the feeling of brotherhood has been developed An

American meets you for five minutes on board a train and you are his friend The next moment he

invites you as a gmicroest to his house and opens his whole home to you

Swamiji returned to India after spending more than three years in the United States in January

1897 to establish the Ramkrishna Mission and carry on the work that his guru had bestowed on

Edited by Ranu Pal

Vijaya Greetings

From Anik Ankur Elizabeth Ranjana and

Ashim Overland Park Kansas 2019

_________________________________

Subho Vijaya

From Dolly and Ranjit Ganguly Kansas 2019

2

শববশবেনন রনপ যেবীর আশববেজাব েনট িাই চণডী কালী যকৌশবশকী েে জা পাব জিী সবরপি পথক হনলও একই

যেবসততার সামশবযক রপ এবাং যমৌল সবরপ হল পরমা পরকশবি

শরৎ কানল আমরা যে েে জা পনজা কশবর যসোনে মশবহষাসর বনধ যেবী েে জার যকানো অবোে যেই েে জা

োনমর মনধে সমসত েে জশবিোনশর ঈশবেি থাকায েে জা েে জশবিোশবশেী শববপততাশবরণী হনয উনিনেে মােনষর

মনে মহাোরনি শববষণর সহসর োনমর একঠট োম হল েে জ পরম পরষ েশবে েে জ হে িনব পরমা পরকশবি

মহামাযাই েে জা

েে জা পজার সময এক চালায কাশবিজক েনণশ লকষমী ও সরসবিীর মশবি জ আমারা যেেনি পাই শবকনত কাশবিজক

েনণশ েে জার েেজজাি পে েয আবার েে জা যেোনে মহাশঝির পরশবিরপ শবহনসনব শবচশবিি যসোনে ঐিে জ

ধনের শঝি রশবপেী লকষমী অথবা শববেো শঝি জঞাে শঝি সবরশবপেী সরসবিী েজনেই যসই পরমা শঝির

সহাশবযকা শঝি মাে যসই শবেক যথনক এরা েজনেই পরমা শঝির কেো েই পে ও েই কেো সহ যে

পাশবরবাশবরক শবচে আমরা যেশবে যসটা বাাংলার ববশবশিে োরিবনষ জর অেেে অিেজা মশবি জনি যকৌশবশকী

কালীর েবরাঝে পজা হয েে জার মনমযী মশবি জ পজার সময এক চালার মাথায শবশনবর একঠট েশবব বা মশবি জ

থানক কারে শবশব োো শঝি থানকেো বাঙাশবলর চারশবেে ধনর েে জা পজা যেে সপশবরবানর বানপর বাশবে

যবোনি আসা এই কলপোর জেৎ বিশবরর অবোে বাাংলার কশবব - শবশলপী - কাশবরেরনের

পশবথবীনি অেোয যলাে শবহাংসা কপটাচার পাশশববকিা ইিোশবে অপগণ গশবল বঝদধ যপনল পরকশবি শবেজ

শঝিনি (পরাকশবিক শববপে জয) েমে কনরে আমরা অশে শঝি শববোশকাশবরণী যেবীর কানে শে শঝির

আেমে পরাথ জো কশবর

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Wish you all Happy Vijaya 2019

From Apramay Priya Anju and Sanjay Mishra

------------------------------------------------------------------------

From

Saptarshi Shilpi Nivedita and Siddhartha Ganguly 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Neela Radha Shelley and Raj 2019

Subho Saradiya

From Monica Mayuri Debjani and Sujit 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Sukalpa Sanandi Sharmistha and Debraj 2019

--------------------------------------------------

Wish you all a very happy dussehra

From Sara Sayush Shubhra and Sanjeev

Journey of an Indian Scientist

30 years before to The Antarctic Continent

Ashis Kumar Hazra PhD DSc FZS(Cal)

Emeritus Scientist Zoological Survey of india Kolkata

1st ZSI Scientist to Antarctic Expedition

INTRODUCTION

Antarctica vast barren and inhospitable continent has remained largely unexploited till beginning of this largest continent the population is only 800 or so during winter and about 2000 during brief busy summer months The problems as faced by modern expedition members continue to be almost the same as faced by explorers 80years ago Its environment remains hostile There are extreme cold long periods of light and darkness restricted activity and social deprivation Among the ancient Greeks Pythagoras and Aristotle in particular argued that the Earthrsquos is a sphere This concept slowly and slowly led to the evolution to the notion of the evolution of the existence of Terra Australis or the southern landmass to balance the known northern world That the Earth is spherical is proved through part of the earth and it goes without saying that the myth of Terra Australis still persists In the meantime by the wind of nineteenth century Antarctica was mapped though unfortunately we yet knew very little about it As per the broadly accepted theory and evolution process Antarctica was part of the supercontinent Pangaea covering most of the earthrsquos land surface After the

Hazra with meteorologists who would release weather balloons every hour to predict storms and alert scientists

Due to a superstition passengers of a ship crossing the Equator were to enact a play seeking permission from the sea king and queen

break up to Pangaea about220 million years ago Antarctica became the part of the southern section Gondwana Further evolution process resulted in the fragmentation of Gondwana over 200 million years Today this land continent has an area of 7 sq km without ice cap and 14 sq km with the icecap Roughly circular it has a diameter of about 4500 km and is the 5th largest continent larger than Europe and Australia

Ship that breaks ice

Back in the day during a ZSI meeting I had proposed that our department send a team to Antarctica Our Director loved the idea but everyone else backed out at the thought of actually going there So I was chosen to do the job

The Indian expedition had 81 people mdash scientists members of the army navy air force and doctors We set sail from Goa and headed southwest on the Thuleland a Swedish ship that was so huge it would 36000 metric tonnes capacity

As we crossed the 51st parallel south latitude we started encountering what looked like sheets or boulders of ice on the water Sometimes we could witness the water turning into ice and approaching the ship While it looked harmless nine times of what was visible lay hidden underwater and we had to dodge it lest we did a Titanic

When the ice got too much to dodge our ship would deploy machines to break the ice and push its way through But when the icebreaker could move no further our air force pilots brought out our Mi8 helicopters and flew our team to mainland Antarctica

Centre lost under snow

Antarctica is abundant in minerals like coal gold and oil and so many countries want to claim it as their own So an Antarctic Treaty was formulated in 1959 in which member countries agreed that it would be no manrsquos land However they are free to go over and conduct peaceful and eco-friendly scientific research

When India reached the continent in the early 80s they built an ad hoc research centre near the eastern shore and called it Dakshin Gangotri But within few years of our stay there it got drowned in snow and we had to move into a new station mdash Maitri in East Antartica mdash in a rocky part of the continent that continues to be used

Drinking molten lake water

On paper Antarctic summer means sunlight even at night but in reality the sun shone bright just once or twice a week The rest of the time it was stormy with low light

Blizzards at speeds of up to 200kph were common They would make our huts tremble and leave so much snow around us that we would have to shovel our way out of our huts every morning But this snow would not fall from the sky like rain It doesnrsquot rain in Antarctica The blizzards lift loose snow or ice from the ground and blow it around

Thuleland the Swedish icebreaker veers itrsquos way through icebergs

When we reached the continent the temperature was -2deg although up to -89deg has been recorded there Humidity would sometimes slip even below 2 per cent and oxygen level was low as there are no plants to create any

We lived in prefabricated huts where the ground floor was our lab and first floor was the living area for three or four of us We ate packed food drank water melted from an adjacent lake (that we named Priyadarshini after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi) and were flown to the ship once a fortnight for a bath

The ship kept sailing in the vicinity for the months that we did our work and since the choppers had no helipads to land on the ice we would climb in and out using ladders dropped down

Protective papa penguins

We had a lot of zoology work to cover on the trip but everything depended on our colleagues from the meteorology department They would release weather balloons every hour to predict storms and we would have to plan our excursions accordingly

Since the land has snow whichever way you look one has no visual reference to navigate This is a condition called ldquowhiteoutrdquo To help us find our way we would plant ldquocolour sticksrdquo for up to 4km outside our centre And if we needed to cover an extra mile tomorrow we would have to go today and plant extra sticks

On the work front we got to study plant and animal life We found moss mites nematodes and springtails and are still studying how they adapt to the inhospitable conditions We studied albatross huge birds with wingspans of 12ft and skuas predatory birds with webbed feet They do not have perching claws like birds in Calcutta as there are no trees in Antarctica for them to perch on Rather they have webbed feet that lets them swim and eat krills a shrimp-like creature that supports most of the food chain on the continent

The most fascinating birds were the emperor penguins These are the largest penguins mdash about 5ft in height and over 30kg in weight mdash and are the only birds that lay eggs in winter

A female lays a single egg in April hands it over to her mate and heads to the ocean She feeds there for the next four months while the male incubates the egg in a pouch above his feet He stands still and goes without food and in case of strong blizzards huddles with other males to protect their eggs

The females return in August when the eggs hatch Penguin colonies have lakhs of them living together but a couple recognises each another by their distinct voice calls

Indian ship THULELAND reached in Antarctica foreground two emperor penguins

The male now transfers the chick to the motherrsquos feet and heads to the sea to feed The mother regurgitates part of what she has eaten all winter and feeds the fledgling Penguins mate for life and the couples will continue this cycle every year

As per the Antarctic Treaty we arenrsquot allowed to take any live animals out of the continent but I brought back a penguin chick that had died a spoilt penguin egghellip They are on display at the ZSI museum in New Alipore and the Indian Museum

Death amp disease

One of our team-mates got appendicitis but the doctors were not worried Antarctica is too cold even for bacteria so they removed his appendix without any fear of infection

Before heading out on this trip we underwent intense training We were made to sign a government bond and told in unambiguous terms that there was a 50-50 chance of survival in Antarctica Little did we know that four of us would indeed not be returning home

On January 8 three scientists amp a naval officer were found dead in a tent they had erected for research 70km ( Hmboult Mountain Range ) from our Base camp It was probably due to carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator they kept in their tent to run a heater They knew generators werenrsquot allowed in tents but perhaps the cold was unbearable

We were very upset as were the Russians who came down from their station to offer condolences (with the help of dictionaries)

Usually bodies of those who die in Antarctica are left there as a lasting tribute but we wanted to send our friends home We kept the bodies in coffins and a month later a Russian plane would carry them back

But so punishing was the weather that when the plane arrived we couldnrsquot find the coffins under the snow We had to get a bulldozer to do the job

Antarctica holds 90 per cent of the earthrsquos ice This is why global warming is such a concern If all that ice melts imagine how much the sea level would rise and how much of the rest of the world would get submerged

The place is pollution-free but ironically the ozone layer above it has got a hole We can draw political boundaries across the earth but pollution does not abide by it People in Europe and Asia could be using excessive air-conditioners and fridges but the effect is showing in the South Pole

Acknowledgement I am thankful to Brinda Sarkar of The Telegraphs for helping me in

writing the manuscript

Hazra with teammate Sudipta Sengupta

Happy Vijaya

From Sudha and Tapan Chaudhuri 2019

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Happy Dussehra

From Usha and Swapan Saha 2019

Wish you all Happy Dussehra

From Dr Mahoua Ray and Dr Mayank Gupta 2019 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subho Vijaya

From Rachel Surojit Debjani Tripti and Debabrata Bhaduri 2019

Subho Vijaya From Kole Family 2019

Subho Vijaya From Konika and Ajay Pal 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Aveek Minati and Animesh 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Gouri and Subrata 2019

THE LIFE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN AMERICA

Ashim Mitra

Throughout the ages great personalities have landed on the shores of this new continent and left

their footprints behind Some of them influenced art and literature some science and education However Swami Vivekananda touched the very soul of the

American people He charmed audiences with his magical oratory and left an indelible mark on Americas spiritual development

The story of his journey to North America has

been told many times in many different ways It is the

story of a destitute unknown monk from an unrecognized organization representing an impoverished

nation To understand and appreciate it fully we have to retrace our steps back in time

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Dev guru of Vivekananda passed away in the summer of 1886 It

was a difficult time for his disciples Vivekananda felt the intense agony of separation from his guru

With 15 other disciples he moved to a dilapidate house in Baranagar from Cossipore and took the vow

of sannyas They underwent a lot of religious practices including deep meditation there At that time

they had no thought of whether the world even existed or not He wanted to lose himself in silent

meditation but the mundane duties of life brought him back He realized that he was not meant to live

the life of a recluse struggling for personal salvation He heard the inner call for a greater mission as

envisioned by his guru

Swamiji embarked on a long journey to explore and discover India He travelled from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari as a Parivrajak From the Himalayas to Kanyakumari During his travel Swami Vivekananda was deeply moved to see the appealing poverty of the masses He was the first religious leader in India to understand and openly declare that the real cause of Indias downfall was the neglect of the masses

During the course of his wanderings he heard about the Worlds Parliament of Religion to be held in Chicago His friends and admirers wanted him to attend the Parliament In the last lap of his pilgrimage across India he came to Kanyakumari He swam through the shark infested water to what is now called Vivekananda Rock As he sat on the rock he meditated deeply on India- her past present and future After three days of meditation he took the momentous decision to go to the west to raise money for the upliftment of India

He also had a vision He saw Sri Ramakrishna walking into ocean and beckoning for himto follow Earlier he had written a letter to Maa Sarada asking for her blessings At last he received her response He asked his followers to collect money for the journey He was also helped by the Maharaja of Mysore the Raja of Ramnad and the Raja of Khetri On 31

st May 1893 he sailed for America

from Mumbai (Bombay then) via Colombo Tokyo and Vancouver On the train journey from Vancouver to Chicago he encountered Miss Katherine Abbot Sanborn Very much impressed by his personality and appearance she gave him her card and invited him to be a guest in her house in Massachusetts Early days in Chicago Swamiji arrived in Chicago on 30

th July 1893 After his arrival he learned that the

Parliament of Religion was to be held couple of months later in September He also did not have the necessary paperwork including a letter of introduction that was needed to register for the event Not just that the date for registration had also already passed There was therefore no chance that Swamiji could be allowed to speak at the event Now only after a few

days in Chicago Swamiji realized that he was running out of money He then remembered that a lady by the name Katherine Abbott Sanborn who had offered him help should he need any Katherine Abbott Sanborn lived in Boston Massachussetts Swamiji decided to leave Chicago for Boston

Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn

His acquaintance with Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn was instrumental in his entry to the Parliament of Religions On August 1893 Swamiji reached Boston Kate Sanborn wrote in her memoirs Katharine Abbot Sanborn was a poet teacher lecturer above all a humanist She was not only his hostess in those early days she was also instrumental in introducing him to Professor Wright and other men and women of influence Professor JH Wright Professor JH Wright a

professor of Greek at Harvard University

encouraged Swamiji to introduce Hinduism in the Parliament of Religions He wrote about Swamiji to a number of important people connected with the parliament Prof Wright not only gave Swamiji a letter of introduction he also bought his tickets to Chicago

Return to Chicago Swamiji reached to Chicago on 9th

September To his dismay he found that he has lost the letter of introduction and the address of the committee Tired and hungry he spent the night in an empty boxcar

Next morning forgetting that he was in a foreign country he went begging for food as was the century old tradition of the Hindu monks People saw his rumpled clothes travel worn appearance and slammed their doors in his face Exhausted and resigning himself to the will of the almighty he sat down on the

roadside curb He thought of fighting back against all the odds He also knew that no great things were ever done without great

labor He submitted to the lord completely Mrs Hale an

influential lady living in the opposite house saw him and asked ldquoSir are you the Parliament of ReligionsrdquoSwamiji childlike as always poured out all his troubles

I have lost everything in the train I have no credentials and I do not know where to gordquo

ldquoI am tired and totally lost Mrs Hale invited him in her house gave him hot breakfast and saw to his immediate needs Later she took him to the office of the parliament of religion and introduced him to Dr Barrows the President of the

Parliament Swamiji never forgot the kindness and courtesy of Mrs Hale He became a part of the family until his death in 1902

Speech at the Parliament of Religion

The parliament of religion was an

adjunct to the world Columbian exposition

which was held in Chicago in 1893 to

celebrate the 400th

anniversary of the

discovery of America by Christopher

Columbus The first session of the

parliament was held on Monday

September 11 in the spacious hall of the

Art Institute It opened with a prayer after which the delegates were introduced one by one They read

their prepared speeches Swamiji had not prepared a speech for the occasion and he had never

addressed a public gathering before He kept postponing the speech In the afternoon when he could no

longer put off his turn he stood up inwardly bowed down to Devi S a r a swati and began to speak

ldquoSisters and brothers of Americardquo

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us I thank you in the name of most ancient orders of monks in the world I thank you in the name of the mother of religions I thank you in the names of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sect

ldquo Many thanks also to some of the speakers on this platform who referring to the delegates from the Orient have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands of idea of toleration I am proud to belong to a religion who has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance We believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true The present convention which is one of most august assemblies ever held is in itself a vindication a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in Gita Whosoever comes to me through whatsoever form I reach him all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to Me Sectarianism bigotry and its horrible descendant fanaticism have long possessed this beautiful earth They have filled the earth with violence drenched it often and often with human blood destroyed civilization and sent whole nation to despair Had it not been for these horrible demons human society would be far more advanced than it is now But their time has come and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanatism of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen and of all charitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goalsrdquo

I am a Hindu and I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the whole world is my little well The Christian sits in his little well and thinks that whole world is his well The Mohammedan sits in his little well and thinks that this is the whole world I have to thank you of America for the great attempt you are making to break down the barriers of this little world of ours and hope that in the future the lord will help you to accomplish of your purpose

From an Unknown Monk to Celebrity Swami Vivekananda shook not only America but the whole world with his speech New York Herald wrote After hearing his speech it seems that sending religious propagators to a country like India highly eminent in the field of religion is but sheer stupidity Harriet Monroe an editor and poet who was present at the Parliament later wrote in her autobiography Swami Vivekananda stole the whole show and captured the town

His personality his voice the fervor of his feelings the beauty of his message to the western world

1gave us a rare and perfect moment of supreme emotion It was a human eloquence at its highest pitch Following his success in the Parliament of religions Swamiji continued delivering lectures on Hindu philosophy He traveled to various parts of the United States including Madison Minneapolis Des Moines Detroit and Boston In November 1894 he established the Vedanta Society in New York Swamiji preached the gospel of the unity of religion and scattered the seeds of purity knowledge and faith His message to the world was

Assimilation and not destruction harmony and peace of dissention

He told his disciples in Calcutta America is where the feeling of brotherhood has been developed An

American meets you for five minutes on board a train and you are his friend The next moment he

invites you as a gmicroest to his house and opens his whole home to you

Swamiji returned to India after spending more than three years in the United States in January

1897 to establish the Ramkrishna Mission and carry on the work that his guru had bestowed on

Edited by Ranu Pal

Vijaya Greetings

From Anik Ankur Elizabeth Ranjana and

Ashim Overland Park Kansas 2019

_________________________________

Subho Vijaya

From Dolly and Ranjit Ganguly Kansas 2019

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Wish you all Happy Vijaya 2019

From Apramay Priya Anju and Sanjay Mishra

------------------------------------------------------------------------

From

Saptarshi Shilpi Nivedita and Siddhartha Ganguly 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Neela Radha Shelley and Raj 2019

Subho Saradiya

From Monica Mayuri Debjani and Sujit 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Sukalpa Sanandi Sharmistha and Debraj 2019

--------------------------------------------------

Wish you all a very happy dussehra

From Sara Sayush Shubhra and Sanjeev

Journey of an Indian Scientist

30 years before to The Antarctic Continent

Ashis Kumar Hazra PhD DSc FZS(Cal)

Emeritus Scientist Zoological Survey of india Kolkata

1st ZSI Scientist to Antarctic Expedition

INTRODUCTION

Antarctica vast barren and inhospitable continent has remained largely unexploited till beginning of this largest continent the population is only 800 or so during winter and about 2000 during brief busy summer months The problems as faced by modern expedition members continue to be almost the same as faced by explorers 80years ago Its environment remains hostile There are extreme cold long periods of light and darkness restricted activity and social deprivation Among the ancient Greeks Pythagoras and Aristotle in particular argued that the Earthrsquos is a sphere This concept slowly and slowly led to the evolution to the notion of the evolution of the existence of Terra Australis or the southern landmass to balance the known northern world That the Earth is spherical is proved through part of the earth and it goes without saying that the myth of Terra Australis still persists In the meantime by the wind of nineteenth century Antarctica was mapped though unfortunately we yet knew very little about it As per the broadly accepted theory and evolution process Antarctica was part of the supercontinent Pangaea covering most of the earthrsquos land surface After the

Hazra with meteorologists who would release weather balloons every hour to predict storms and alert scientists

Due to a superstition passengers of a ship crossing the Equator were to enact a play seeking permission from the sea king and queen

break up to Pangaea about220 million years ago Antarctica became the part of the southern section Gondwana Further evolution process resulted in the fragmentation of Gondwana over 200 million years Today this land continent has an area of 7 sq km without ice cap and 14 sq km with the icecap Roughly circular it has a diameter of about 4500 km and is the 5th largest continent larger than Europe and Australia

Ship that breaks ice

Back in the day during a ZSI meeting I had proposed that our department send a team to Antarctica Our Director loved the idea but everyone else backed out at the thought of actually going there So I was chosen to do the job

The Indian expedition had 81 people mdash scientists members of the army navy air force and doctors We set sail from Goa and headed southwest on the Thuleland a Swedish ship that was so huge it would 36000 metric tonnes capacity

As we crossed the 51st parallel south latitude we started encountering what looked like sheets or boulders of ice on the water Sometimes we could witness the water turning into ice and approaching the ship While it looked harmless nine times of what was visible lay hidden underwater and we had to dodge it lest we did a Titanic

When the ice got too much to dodge our ship would deploy machines to break the ice and push its way through But when the icebreaker could move no further our air force pilots brought out our Mi8 helicopters and flew our team to mainland Antarctica

Centre lost under snow

Antarctica is abundant in minerals like coal gold and oil and so many countries want to claim it as their own So an Antarctic Treaty was formulated in 1959 in which member countries agreed that it would be no manrsquos land However they are free to go over and conduct peaceful and eco-friendly scientific research

When India reached the continent in the early 80s they built an ad hoc research centre near the eastern shore and called it Dakshin Gangotri But within few years of our stay there it got drowned in snow and we had to move into a new station mdash Maitri in East Antartica mdash in a rocky part of the continent that continues to be used

Drinking molten lake water

On paper Antarctic summer means sunlight even at night but in reality the sun shone bright just once or twice a week The rest of the time it was stormy with low light

Blizzards at speeds of up to 200kph were common They would make our huts tremble and leave so much snow around us that we would have to shovel our way out of our huts every morning But this snow would not fall from the sky like rain It doesnrsquot rain in Antarctica The blizzards lift loose snow or ice from the ground and blow it around

Thuleland the Swedish icebreaker veers itrsquos way through icebergs

When we reached the continent the temperature was -2deg although up to -89deg has been recorded there Humidity would sometimes slip even below 2 per cent and oxygen level was low as there are no plants to create any

We lived in prefabricated huts where the ground floor was our lab and first floor was the living area for three or four of us We ate packed food drank water melted from an adjacent lake (that we named Priyadarshini after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi) and were flown to the ship once a fortnight for a bath

The ship kept sailing in the vicinity for the months that we did our work and since the choppers had no helipads to land on the ice we would climb in and out using ladders dropped down

Protective papa penguins

We had a lot of zoology work to cover on the trip but everything depended on our colleagues from the meteorology department They would release weather balloons every hour to predict storms and we would have to plan our excursions accordingly

Since the land has snow whichever way you look one has no visual reference to navigate This is a condition called ldquowhiteoutrdquo To help us find our way we would plant ldquocolour sticksrdquo for up to 4km outside our centre And if we needed to cover an extra mile tomorrow we would have to go today and plant extra sticks

On the work front we got to study plant and animal life We found moss mites nematodes and springtails and are still studying how they adapt to the inhospitable conditions We studied albatross huge birds with wingspans of 12ft and skuas predatory birds with webbed feet They do not have perching claws like birds in Calcutta as there are no trees in Antarctica for them to perch on Rather they have webbed feet that lets them swim and eat krills a shrimp-like creature that supports most of the food chain on the continent

The most fascinating birds were the emperor penguins These are the largest penguins mdash about 5ft in height and over 30kg in weight mdash and are the only birds that lay eggs in winter

A female lays a single egg in April hands it over to her mate and heads to the ocean She feeds there for the next four months while the male incubates the egg in a pouch above his feet He stands still and goes without food and in case of strong blizzards huddles with other males to protect their eggs

The females return in August when the eggs hatch Penguin colonies have lakhs of them living together but a couple recognises each another by their distinct voice calls

Indian ship THULELAND reached in Antarctica foreground two emperor penguins

The male now transfers the chick to the motherrsquos feet and heads to the sea to feed The mother regurgitates part of what she has eaten all winter and feeds the fledgling Penguins mate for life and the couples will continue this cycle every year

As per the Antarctic Treaty we arenrsquot allowed to take any live animals out of the continent but I brought back a penguin chick that had died a spoilt penguin egghellip They are on display at the ZSI museum in New Alipore and the Indian Museum

Death amp disease

One of our team-mates got appendicitis but the doctors were not worried Antarctica is too cold even for bacteria so they removed his appendix without any fear of infection

Before heading out on this trip we underwent intense training We were made to sign a government bond and told in unambiguous terms that there was a 50-50 chance of survival in Antarctica Little did we know that four of us would indeed not be returning home

On January 8 three scientists amp a naval officer were found dead in a tent they had erected for research 70km ( Hmboult Mountain Range ) from our Base camp It was probably due to carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator they kept in their tent to run a heater They knew generators werenrsquot allowed in tents but perhaps the cold was unbearable

We were very upset as were the Russians who came down from their station to offer condolences (with the help of dictionaries)

Usually bodies of those who die in Antarctica are left there as a lasting tribute but we wanted to send our friends home We kept the bodies in coffins and a month later a Russian plane would carry them back

But so punishing was the weather that when the plane arrived we couldnrsquot find the coffins under the snow We had to get a bulldozer to do the job

Antarctica holds 90 per cent of the earthrsquos ice This is why global warming is such a concern If all that ice melts imagine how much the sea level would rise and how much of the rest of the world would get submerged

The place is pollution-free but ironically the ozone layer above it has got a hole We can draw political boundaries across the earth but pollution does not abide by it People in Europe and Asia could be using excessive air-conditioners and fridges but the effect is showing in the South Pole

Acknowledgement I am thankful to Brinda Sarkar of The Telegraphs for helping me in

writing the manuscript

Hazra with teammate Sudipta Sengupta

Happy Vijaya

From Sudha and Tapan Chaudhuri 2019

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Happy Dussehra

From Usha and Swapan Saha 2019

Wish you all Happy Dussehra

From Dr Mahoua Ray and Dr Mayank Gupta 2019 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subho Vijaya

From Rachel Surojit Debjani Tripti and Debabrata Bhaduri 2019

Subho Vijaya From Kole Family 2019

Subho Vijaya From Konika and Ajay Pal 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Aveek Minati and Animesh 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Gouri and Subrata 2019

THE LIFE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN AMERICA

Ashim Mitra

Throughout the ages great personalities have landed on the shores of this new continent and left

their footprints behind Some of them influenced art and literature some science and education However Swami Vivekananda touched the very soul of the

American people He charmed audiences with his magical oratory and left an indelible mark on Americas spiritual development

The story of his journey to North America has

been told many times in many different ways It is the

story of a destitute unknown monk from an unrecognized organization representing an impoverished

nation To understand and appreciate it fully we have to retrace our steps back in time

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Dev guru of Vivekananda passed away in the summer of 1886 It

was a difficult time for his disciples Vivekananda felt the intense agony of separation from his guru

With 15 other disciples he moved to a dilapidate house in Baranagar from Cossipore and took the vow

of sannyas They underwent a lot of religious practices including deep meditation there At that time

they had no thought of whether the world even existed or not He wanted to lose himself in silent

meditation but the mundane duties of life brought him back He realized that he was not meant to live

the life of a recluse struggling for personal salvation He heard the inner call for a greater mission as

envisioned by his guru

Swamiji embarked on a long journey to explore and discover India He travelled from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari as a Parivrajak From the Himalayas to Kanyakumari During his travel Swami Vivekananda was deeply moved to see the appealing poverty of the masses He was the first religious leader in India to understand and openly declare that the real cause of Indias downfall was the neglect of the masses

During the course of his wanderings he heard about the Worlds Parliament of Religion to be held in Chicago His friends and admirers wanted him to attend the Parliament In the last lap of his pilgrimage across India he came to Kanyakumari He swam through the shark infested water to what is now called Vivekananda Rock As he sat on the rock he meditated deeply on India- her past present and future After three days of meditation he took the momentous decision to go to the west to raise money for the upliftment of India

He also had a vision He saw Sri Ramakrishna walking into ocean and beckoning for himto follow Earlier he had written a letter to Maa Sarada asking for her blessings At last he received her response He asked his followers to collect money for the journey He was also helped by the Maharaja of Mysore the Raja of Ramnad and the Raja of Khetri On 31

st May 1893 he sailed for America

from Mumbai (Bombay then) via Colombo Tokyo and Vancouver On the train journey from Vancouver to Chicago he encountered Miss Katherine Abbot Sanborn Very much impressed by his personality and appearance she gave him her card and invited him to be a guest in her house in Massachusetts Early days in Chicago Swamiji arrived in Chicago on 30

th July 1893 After his arrival he learned that the

Parliament of Religion was to be held couple of months later in September He also did not have the necessary paperwork including a letter of introduction that was needed to register for the event Not just that the date for registration had also already passed There was therefore no chance that Swamiji could be allowed to speak at the event Now only after a few

days in Chicago Swamiji realized that he was running out of money He then remembered that a lady by the name Katherine Abbott Sanborn who had offered him help should he need any Katherine Abbott Sanborn lived in Boston Massachussetts Swamiji decided to leave Chicago for Boston

Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn

His acquaintance with Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn was instrumental in his entry to the Parliament of Religions On August 1893 Swamiji reached Boston Kate Sanborn wrote in her memoirs Katharine Abbot Sanborn was a poet teacher lecturer above all a humanist She was not only his hostess in those early days she was also instrumental in introducing him to Professor Wright and other men and women of influence Professor JH Wright Professor JH Wright a

professor of Greek at Harvard University

encouraged Swamiji to introduce Hinduism in the Parliament of Religions He wrote about Swamiji to a number of important people connected with the parliament Prof Wright not only gave Swamiji a letter of introduction he also bought his tickets to Chicago

Return to Chicago Swamiji reached to Chicago on 9th

September To his dismay he found that he has lost the letter of introduction and the address of the committee Tired and hungry he spent the night in an empty boxcar

Next morning forgetting that he was in a foreign country he went begging for food as was the century old tradition of the Hindu monks People saw his rumpled clothes travel worn appearance and slammed their doors in his face Exhausted and resigning himself to the will of the almighty he sat down on the

roadside curb He thought of fighting back against all the odds He also knew that no great things were ever done without great

labor He submitted to the lord completely Mrs Hale an

influential lady living in the opposite house saw him and asked ldquoSir are you the Parliament of ReligionsrdquoSwamiji childlike as always poured out all his troubles

I have lost everything in the train I have no credentials and I do not know where to gordquo

ldquoI am tired and totally lost Mrs Hale invited him in her house gave him hot breakfast and saw to his immediate needs Later she took him to the office of the parliament of religion and introduced him to Dr Barrows the President of the

Parliament Swamiji never forgot the kindness and courtesy of Mrs Hale He became a part of the family until his death in 1902

Speech at the Parliament of Religion

The parliament of religion was an

adjunct to the world Columbian exposition

which was held in Chicago in 1893 to

celebrate the 400th

anniversary of the

discovery of America by Christopher

Columbus The first session of the

parliament was held on Monday

September 11 in the spacious hall of the

Art Institute It opened with a prayer after which the delegates were introduced one by one They read

their prepared speeches Swamiji had not prepared a speech for the occasion and he had never

addressed a public gathering before He kept postponing the speech In the afternoon when he could no

longer put off his turn he stood up inwardly bowed down to Devi S a r a swati and began to speak

ldquoSisters and brothers of Americardquo

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us I thank you in the name of most ancient orders of monks in the world I thank you in the name of the mother of religions I thank you in the names of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sect

ldquo Many thanks also to some of the speakers on this platform who referring to the delegates from the Orient have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands of idea of toleration I am proud to belong to a religion who has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance We believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true The present convention which is one of most august assemblies ever held is in itself a vindication a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in Gita Whosoever comes to me through whatsoever form I reach him all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to Me Sectarianism bigotry and its horrible descendant fanaticism have long possessed this beautiful earth They have filled the earth with violence drenched it often and often with human blood destroyed civilization and sent whole nation to despair Had it not been for these horrible demons human society would be far more advanced than it is now But their time has come and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanatism of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen and of all charitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goalsrdquo

I am a Hindu and I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the whole world is my little well The Christian sits in his little well and thinks that whole world is his well The Mohammedan sits in his little well and thinks that this is the whole world I have to thank you of America for the great attempt you are making to break down the barriers of this little world of ours and hope that in the future the lord will help you to accomplish of your purpose

From an Unknown Monk to Celebrity Swami Vivekananda shook not only America but the whole world with his speech New York Herald wrote After hearing his speech it seems that sending religious propagators to a country like India highly eminent in the field of religion is but sheer stupidity Harriet Monroe an editor and poet who was present at the Parliament later wrote in her autobiography Swami Vivekananda stole the whole show and captured the town

His personality his voice the fervor of his feelings the beauty of his message to the western world

1gave us a rare and perfect moment of supreme emotion It was a human eloquence at its highest pitch Following his success in the Parliament of religions Swamiji continued delivering lectures on Hindu philosophy He traveled to various parts of the United States including Madison Minneapolis Des Moines Detroit and Boston In November 1894 he established the Vedanta Society in New York Swamiji preached the gospel of the unity of religion and scattered the seeds of purity knowledge and faith His message to the world was

Assimilation and not destruction harmony and peace of dissention

He told his disciples in Calcutta America is where the feeling of brotherhood has been developed An

American meets you for five minutes on board a train and you are his friend The next moment he

invites you as a gmicroest to his house and opens his whole home to you

Swamiji returned to India after spending more than three years in the United States in January

1897 to establish the Ramkrishna Mission and carry on the work that his guru had bestowed on

Edited by Ranu Pal

Vijaya Greetings

From Anik Ankur Elizabeth Ranjana and

Ashim Overland Park Kansas 2019

_________________________________

Subho Vijaya

From Dolly and Ranjit Ganguly Kansas 2019

Wish you all Happy Vijaya 2019

From Apramay Priya Anju and Sanjay Mishra

------------------------------------------------------------------------

From

Saptarshi Shilpi Nivedita and Siddhartha Ganguly 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Neela Radha Shelley and Raj 2019

Subho Saradiya

From Monica Mayuri Debjani and Sujit 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Sukalpa Sanandi Sharmistha and Debraj 2019

--------------------------------------------------

Wish you all a very happy dussehra

From Sara Sayush Shubhra and Sanjeev

Journey of an Indian Scientist

30 years before to The Antarctic Continent

Ashis Kumar Hazra PhD DSc FZS(Cal)

Emeritus Scientist Zoological Survey of india Kolkata

1st ZSI Scientist to Antarctic Expedition

INTRODUCTION

Antarctica vast barren and inhospitable continent has remained largely unexploited till beginning of this largest continent the population is only 800 or so during winter and about 2000 during brief busy summer months The problems as faced by modern expedition members continue to be almost the same as faced by explorers 80years ago Its environment remains hostile There are extreme cold long periods of light and darkness restricted activity and social deprivation Among the ancient Greeks Pythagoras and Aristotle in particular argued that the Earthrsquos is a sphere This concept slowly and slowly led to the evolution to the notion of the evolution of the existence of Terra Australis or the southern landmass to balance the known northern world That the Earth is spherical is proved through part of the earth and it goes without saying that the myth of Terra Australis still persists In the meantime by the wind of nineteenth century Antarctica was mapped though unfortunately we yet knew very little about it As per the broadly accepted theory and evolution process Antarctica was part of the supercontinent Pangaea covering most of the earthrsquos land surface After the

Hazra with meteorologists who would release weather balloons every hour to predict storms and alert scientists

Due to a superstition passengers of a ship crossing the Equator were to enact a play seeking permission from the sea king and queen

break up to Pangaea about220 million years ago Antarctica became the part of the southern section Gondwana Further evolution process resulted in the fragmentation of Gondwana over 200 million years Today this land continent has an area of 7 sq km without ice cap and 14 sq km with the icecap Roughly circular it has a diameter of about 4500 km and is the 5th largest continent larger than Europe and Australia

Ship that breaks ice

Back in the day during a ZSI meeting I had proposed that our department send a team to Antarctica Our Director loved the idea but everyone else backed out at the thought of actually going there So I was chosen to do the job

The Indian expedition had 81 people mdash scientists members of the army navy air force and doctors We set sail from Goa and headed southwest on the Thuleland a Swedish ship that was so huge it would 36000 metric tonnes capacity

As we crossed the 51st parallel south latitude we started encountering what looked like sheets or boulders of ice on the water Sometimes we could witness the water turning into ice and approaching the ship While it looked harmless nine times of what was visible lay hidden underwater and we had to dodge it lest we did a Titanic

When the ice got too much to dodge our ship would deploy machines to break the ice and push its way through But when the icebreaker could move no further our air force pilots brought out our Mi8 helicopters and flew our team to mainland Antarctica

Centre lost under snow

Antarctica is abundant in minerals like coal gold and oil and so many countries want to claim it as their own So an Antarctic Treaty was formulated in 1959 in which member countries agreed that it would be no manrsquos land However they are free to go over and conduct peaceful and eco-friendly scientific research

When India reached the continent in the early 80s they built an ad hoc research centre near the eastern shore and called it Dakshin Gangotri But within few years of our stay there it got drowned in snow and we had to move into a new station mdash Maitri in East Antartica mdash in a rocky part of the continent that continues to be used

Drinking molten lake water

On paper Antarctic summer means sunlight even at night but in reality the sun shone bright just once or twice a week The rest of the time it was stormy with low light

Blizzards at speeds of up to 200kph were common They would make our huts tremble and leave so much snow around us that we would have to shovel our way out of our huts every morning But this snow would not fall from the sky like rain It doesnrsquot rain in Antarctica The blizzards lift loose snow or ice from the ground and blow it around

Thuleland the Swedish icebreaker veers itrsquos way through icebergs

When we reached the continent the temperature was -2deg although up to -89deg has been recorded there Humidity would sometimes slip even below 2 per cent and oxygen level was low as there are no plants to create any

We lived in prefabricated huts where the ground floor was our lab and first floor was the living area for three or four of us We ate packed food drank water melted from an adjacent lake (that we named Priyadarshini after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi) and were flown to the ship once a fortnight for a bath

The ship kept sailing in the vicinity for the months that we did our work and since the choppers had no helipads to land on the ice we would climb in and out using ladders dropped down

Protective papa penguins

We had a lot of zoology work to cover on the trip but everything depended on our colleagues from the meteorology department They would release weather balloons every hour to predict storms and we would have to plan our excursions accordingly

Since the land has snow whichever way you look one has no visual reference to navigate This is a condition called ldquowhiteoutrdquo To help us find our way we would plant ldquocolour sticksrdquo for up to 4km outside our centre And if we needed to cover an extra mile tomorrow we would have to go today and plant extra sticks

On the work front we got to study plant and animal life We found moss mites nematodes and springtails and are still studying how they adapt to the inhospitable conditions We studied albatross huge birds with wingspans of 12ft and skuas predatory birds with webbed feet They do not have perching claws like birds in Calcutta as there are no trees in Antarctica for them to perch on Rather they have webbed feet that lets them swim and eat krills a shrimp-like creature that supports most of the food chain on the continent

The most fascinating birds were the emperor penguins These are the largest penguins mdash about 5ft in height and over 30kg in weight mdash and are the only birds that lay eggs in winter

A female lays a single egg in April hands it over to her mate and heads to the ocean She feeds there for the next four months while the male incubates the egg in a pouch above his feet He stands still and goes without food and in case of strong blizzards huddles with other males to protect their eggs

The females return in August when the eggs hatch Penguin colonies have lakhs of them living together but a couple recognises each another by their distinct voice calls

Indian ship THULELAND reached in Antarctica foreground two emperor penguins

The male now transfers the chick to the motherrsquos feet and heads to the sea to feed The mother regurgitates part of what she has eaten all winter and feeds the fledgling Penguins mate for life and the couples will continue this cycle every year

As per the Antarctic Treaty we arenrsquot allowed to take any live animals out of the continent but I brought back a penguin chick that had died a spoilt penguin egghellip They are on display at the ZSI museum in New Alipore and the Indian Museum

Death amp disease

One of our team-mates got appendicitis but the doctors were not worried Antarctica is too cold even for bacteria so they removed his appendix without any fear of infection

Before heading out on this trip we underwent intense training We were made to sign a government bond and told in unambiguous terms that there was a 50-50 chance of survival in Antarctica Little did we know that four of us would indeed not be returning home

On January 8 three scientists amp a naval officer were found dead in a tent they had erected for research 70km ( Hmboult Mountain Range ) from our Base camp It was probably due to carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator they kept in their tent to run a heater They knew generators werenrsquot allowed in tents but perhaps the cold was unbearable

We were very upset as were the Russians who came down from their station to offer condolences (with the help of dictionaries)

Usually bodies of those who die in Antarctica are left there as a lasting tribute but we wanted to send our friends home We kept the bodies in coffins and a month later a Russian plane would carry them back

But so punishing was the weather that when the plane arrived we couldnrsquot find the coffins under the snow We had to get a bulldozer to do the job

Antarctica holds 90 per cent of the earthrsquos ice This is why global warming is such a concern If all that ice melts imagine how much the sea level would rise and how much of the rest of the world would get submerged

The place is pollution-free but ironically the ozone layer above it has got a hole We can draw political boundaries across the earth but pollution does not abide by it People in Europe and Asia could be using excessive air-conditioners and fridges but the effect is showing in the South Pole

Acknowledgement I am thankful to Brinda Sarkar of The Telegraphs for helping me in

writing the manuscript

Hazra with teammate Sudipta Sengupta

Happy Vijaya

From Sudha and Tapan Chaudhuri 2019

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Happy Dussehra

From Usha and Swapan Saha 2019

Wish you all Happy Dussehra

From Dr Mahoua Ray and Dr Mayank Gupta 2019 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subho Vijaya

From Rachel Surojit Debjani Tripti and Debabrata Bhaduri 2019

Subho Vijaya From Kole Family 2019

Subho Vijaya From Konika and Ajay Pal 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Aveek Minati and Animesh 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Gouri and Subrata 2019

THE LIFE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN AMERICA

Ashim Mitra

Throughout the ages great personalities have landed on the shores of this new continent and left

their footprints behind Some of them influenced art and literature some science and education However Swami Vivekananda touched the very soul of the

American people He charmed audiences with his magical oratory and left an indelible mark on Americas spiritual development

The story of his journey to North America has

been told many times in many different ways It is the

story of a destitute unknown monk from an unrecognized organization representing an impoverished

nation To understand and appreciate it fully we have to retrace our steps back in time

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Dev guru of Vivekananda passed away in the summer of 1886 It

was a difficult time for his disciples Vivekananda felt the intense agony of separation from his guru

With 15 other disciples he moved to a dilapidate house in Baranagar from Cossipore and took the vow

of sannyas They underwent a lot of religious practices including deep meditation there At that time

they had no thought of whether the world even existed or not He wanted to lose himself in silent

meditation but the mundane duties of life brought him back He realized that he was not meant to live

the life of a recluse struggling for personal salvation He heard the inner call for a greater mission as

envisioned by his guru

Swamiji embarked on a long journey to explore and discover India He travelled from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari as a Parivrajak From the Himalayas to Kanyakumari During his travel Swami Vivekananda was deeply moved to see the appealing poverty of the masses He was the first religious leader in India to understand and openly declare that the real cause of Indias downfall was the neglect of the masses

During the course of his wanderings he heard about the Worlds Parliament of Religion to be held in Chicago His friends and admirers wanted him to attend the Parliament In the last lap of his pilgrimage across India he came to Kanyakumari He swam through the shark infested water to what is now called Vivekananda Rock As he sat on the rock he meditated deeply on India- her past present and future After three days of meditation he took the momentous decision to go to the west to raise money for the upliftment of India

He also had a vision He saw Sri Ramakrishna walking into ocean and beckoning for himto follow Earlier he had written a letter to Maa Sarada asking for her blessings At last he received her response He asked his followers to collect money for the journey He was also helped by the Maharaja of Mysore the Raja of Ramnad and the Raja of Khetri On 31

st May 1893 he sailed for America

from Mumbai (Bombay then) via Colombo Tokyo and Vancouver On the train journey from Vancouver to Chicago he encountered Miss Katherine Abbot Sanborn Very much impressed by his personality and appearance she gave him her card and invited him to be a guest in her house in Massachusetts Early days in Chicago Swamiji arrived in Chicago on 30

th July 1893 After his arrival he learned that the

Parliament of Religion was to be held couple of months later in September He also did not have the necessary paperwork including a letter of introduction that was needed to register for the event Not just that the date for registration had also already passed There was therefore no chance that Swamiji could be allowed to speak at the event Now only after a few

days in Chicago Swamiji realized that he was running out of money He then remembered that a lady by the name Katherine Abbott Sanborn who had offered him help should he need any Katherine Abbott Sanborn lived in Boston Massachussetts Swamiji decided to leave Chicago for Boston

Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn

His acquaintance with Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn was instrumental in his entry to the Parliament of Religions On August 1893 Swamiji reached Boston Kate Sanborn wrote in her memoirs Katharine Abbot Sanborn was a poet teacher lecturer above all a humanist She was not only his hostess in those early days she was also instrumental in introducing him to Professor Wright and other men and women of influence Professor JH Wright Professor JH Wright a

professor of Greek at Harvard University

encouraged Swamiji to introduce Hinduism in the Parliament of Religions He wrote about Swamiji to a number of important people connected with the parliament Prof Wright not only gave Swamiji a letter of introduction he also bought his tickets to Chicago

Return to Chicago Swamiji reached to Chicago on 9th

September To his dismay he found that he has lost the letter of introduction and the address of the committee Tired and hungry he spent the night in an empty boxcar

Next morning forgetting that he was in a foreign country he went begging for food as was the century old tradition of the Hindu monks People saw his rumpled clothes travel worn appearance and slammed their doors in his face Exhausted and resigning himself to the will of the almighty he sat down on the

roadside curb He thought of fighting back against all the odds He also knew that no great things were ever done without great

labor He submitted to the lord completely Mrs Hale an

influential lady living in the opposite house saw him and asked ldquoSir are you the Parliament of ReligionsrdquoSwamiji childlike as always poured out all his troubles

I have lost everything in the train I have no credentials and I do not know where to gordquo

ldquoI am tired and totally lost Mrs Hale invited him in her house gave him hot breakfast and saw to his immediate needs Later she took him to the office of the parliament of religion and introduced him to Dr Barrows the President of the

Parliament Swamiji never forgot the kindness and courtesy of Mrs Hale He became a part of the family until his death in 1902

Speech at the Parliament of Religion

The parliament of religion was an

adjunct to the world Columbian exposition

which was held in Chicago in 1893 to

celebrate the 400th

anniversary of the

discovery of America by Christopher

Columbus The first session of the

parliament was held on Monday

September 11 in the spacious hall of the

Art Institute It opened with a prayer after which the delegates were introduced one by one They read

their prepared speeches Swamiji had not prepared a speech for the occasion and he had never

addressed a public gathering before He kept postponing the speech In the afternoon when he could no

longer put off his turn he stood up inwardly bowed down to Devi S a r a swati and began to speak

ldquoSisters and brothers of Americardquo

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us I thank you in the name of most ancient orders of monks in the world I thank you in the name of the mother of religions I thank you in the names of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sect

ldquo Many thanks also to some of the speakers on this platform who referring to the delegates from the Orient have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands of idea of toleration I am proud to belong to a religion who has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance We believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true The present convention which is one of most august assemblies ever held is in itself a vindication a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in Gita Whosoever comes to me through whatsoever form I reach him all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to Me Sectarianism bigotry and its horrible descendant fanaticism have long possessed this beautiful earth They have filled the earth with violence drenched it often and often with human blood destroyed civilization and sent whole nation to despair Had it not been for these horrible demons human society would be far more advanced than it is now But their time has come and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanatism of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen and of all charitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goalsrdquo

I am a Hindu and I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the whole world is my little well The Christian sits in his little well and thinks that whole world is his well The Mohammedan sits in his little well and thinks that this is the whole world I have to thank you of America for the great attempt you are making to break down the barriers of this little world of ours and hope that in the future the lord will help you to accomplish of your purpose

From an Unknown Monk to Celebrity Swami Vivekananda shook not only America but the whole world with his speech New York Herald wrote After hearing his speech it seems that sending religious propagators to a country like India highly eminent in the field of religion is but sheer stupidity Harriet Monroe an editor and poet who was present at the Parliament later wrote in her autobiography Swami Vivekananda stole the whole show and captured the town

His personality his voice the fervor of his feelings the beauty of his message to the western world

1gave us a rare and perfect moment of supreme emotion It was a human eloquence at its highest pitch Following his success in the Parliament of religions Swamiji continued delivering lectures on Hindu philosophy He traveled to various parts of the United States including Madison Minneapolis Des Moines Detroit and Boston In November 1894 he established the Vedanta Society in New York Swamiji preached the gospel of the unity of religion and scattered the seeds of purity knowledge and faith His message to the world was

Assimilation and not destruction harmony and peace of dissention

He told his disciples in Calcutta America is where the feeling of brotherhood has been developed An

American meets you for five minutes on board a train and you are his friend The next moment he

invites you as a gmicroest to his house and opens his whole home to you

Swamiji returned to India after spending more than three years in the United States in January

1897 to establish the Ramkrishna Mission and carry on the work that his guru had bestowed on

Edited by Ranu Pal

Vijaya Greetings

From Anik Ankur Elizabeth Ranjana and

Ashim Overland Park Kansas 2019

_________________________________

Subho Vijaya

From Dolly and Ranjit Ganguly Kansas 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Neela Radha Shelley and Raj 2019

Subho Saradiya

From Monica Mayuri Debjani and Sujit 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Sukalpa Sanandi Sharmistha and Debraj 2019

--------------------------------------------------

Wish you all a very happy dussehra

From Sara Sayush Shubhra and Sanjeev

Journey of an Indian Scientist

30 years before to The Antarctic Continent

Ashis Kumar Hazra PhD DSc FZS(Cal)

Emeritus Scientist Zoological Survey of india Kolkata

1st ZSI Scientist to Antarctic Expedition

INTRODUCTION

Antarctica vast barren and inhospitable continent has remained largely unexploited till beginning of this largest continent the population is only 800 or so during winter and about 2000 during brief busy summer months The problems as faced by modern expedition members continue to be almost the same as faced by explorers 80years ago Its environment remains hostile There are extreme cold long periods of light and darkness restricted activity and social deprivation Among the ancient Greeks Pythagoras and Aristotle in particular argued that the Earthrsquos is a sphere This concept slowly and slowly led to the evolution to the notion of the evolution of the existence of Terra Australis or the southern landmass to balance the known northern world That the Earth is spherical is proved through part of the earth and it goes without saying that the myth of Terra Australis still persists In the meantime by the wind of nineteenth century Antarctica was mapped though unfortunately we yet knew very little about it As per the broadly accepted theory and evolution process Antarctica was part of the supercontinent Pangaea covering most of the earthrsquos land surface After the

Hazra with meteorologists who would release weather balloons every hour to predict storms and alert scientists

Due to a superstition passengers of a ship crossing the Equator were to enact a play seeking permission from the sea king and queen

break up to Pangaea about220 million years ago Antarctica became the part of the southern section Gondwana Further evolution process resulted in the fragmentation of Gondwana over 200 million years Today this land continent has an area of 7 sq km without ice cap and 14 sq km with the icecap Roughly circular it has a diameter of about 4500 km and is the 5th largest continent larger than Europe and Australia

Ship that breaks ice

Back in the day during a ZSI meeting I had proposed that our department send a team to Antarctica Our Director loved the idea but everyone else backed out at the thought of actually going there So I was chosen to do the job

The Indian expedition had 81 people mdash scientists members of the army navy air force and doctors We set sail from Goa and headed southwest on the Thuleland a Swedish ship that was so huge it would 36000 metric tonnes capacity

As we crossed the 51st parallel south latitude we started encountering what looked like sheets or boulders of ice on the water Sometimes we could witness the water turning into ice and approaching the ship While it looked harmless nine times of what was visible lay hidden underwater and we had to dodge it lest we did a Titanic

When the ice got too much to dodge our ship would deploy machines to break the ice and push its way through But when the icebreaker could move no further our air force pilots brought out our Mi8 helicopters and flew our team to mainland Antarctica

Centre lost under snow

Antarctica is abundant in minerals like coal gold and oil and so many countries want to claim it as their own So an Antarctic Treaty was formulated in 1959 in which member countries agreed that it would be no manrsquos land However they are free to go over and conduct peaceful and eco-friendly scientific research

When India reached the continent in the early 80s they built an ad hoc research centre near the eastern shore and called it Dakshin Gangotri But within few years of our stay there it got drowned in snow and we had to move into a new station mdash Maitri in East Antartica mdash in a rocky part of the continent that continues to be used

Drinking molten lake water

On paper Antarctic summer means sunlight even at night but in reality the sun shone bright just once or twice a week The rest of the time it was stormy with low light

Blizzards at speeds of up to 200kph were common They would make our huts tremble and leave so much snow around us that we would have to shovel our way out of our huts every morning But this snow would not fall from the sky like rain It doesnrsquot rain in Antarctica The blizzards lift loose snow or ice from the ground and blow it around

Thuleland the Swedish icebreaker veers itrsquos way through icebergs

When we reached the continent the temperature was -2deg although up to -89deg has been recorded there Humidity would sometimes slip even below 2 per cent and oxygen level was low as there are no plants to create any

We lived in prefabricated huts where the ground floor was our lab and first floor was the living area for three or four of us We ate packed food drank water melted from an adjacent lake (that we named Priyadarshini after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi) and were flown to the ship once a fortnight for a bath

The ship kept sailing in the vicinity for the months that we did our work and since the choppers had no helipads to land on the ice we would climb in and out using ladders dropped down

Protective papa penguins

We had a lot of zoology work to cover on the trip but everything depended on our colleagues from the meteorology department They would release weather balloons every hour to predict storms and we would have to plan our excursions accordingly

Since the land has snow whichever way you look one has no visual reference to navigate This is a condition called ldquowhiteoutrdquo To help us find our way we would plant ldquocolour sticksrdquo for up to 4km outside our centre And if we needed to cover an extra mile tomorrow we would have to go today and plant extra sticks

On the work front we got to study plant and animal life We found moss mites nematodes and springtails and are still studying how they adapt to the inhospitable conditions We studied albatross huge birds with wingspans of 12ft and skuas predatory birds with webbed feet They do not have perching claws like birds in Calcutta as there are no trees in Antarctica for them to perch on Rather they have webbed feet that lets them swim and eat krills a shrimp-like creature that supports most of the food chain on the continent

The most fascinating birds were the emperor penguins These are the largest penguins mdash about 5ft in height and over 30kg in weight mdash and are the only birds that lay eggs in winter

A female lays a single egg in April hands it over to her mate and heads to the ocean She feeds there for the next four months while the male incubates the egg in a pouch above his feet He stands still and goes without food and in case of strong blizzards huddles with other males to protect their eggs

The females return in August when the eggs hatch Penguin colonies have lakhs of them living together but a couple recognises each another by their distinct voice calls

Indian ship THULELAND reached in Antarctica foreground two emperor penguins

The male now transfers the chick to the motherrsquos feet and heads to the sea to feed The mother regurgitates part of what she has eaten all winter and feeds the fledgling Penguins mate for life and the couples will continue this cycle every year

As per the Antarctic Treaty we arenrsquot allowed to take any live animals out of the continent but I brought back a penguin chick that had died a spoilt penguin egghellip They are on display at the ZSI museum in New Alipore and the Indian Museum

Death amp disease

One of our team-mates got appendicitis but the doctors were not worried Antarctica is too cold even for bacteria so they removed his appendix without any fear of infection

Before heading out on this trip we underwent intense training We were made to sign a government bond and told in unambiguous terms that there was a 50-50 chance of survival in Antarctica Little did we know that four of us would indeed not be returning home

On January 8 three scientists amp a naval officer were found dead in a tent they had erected for research 70km ( Hmboult Mountain Range ) from our Base camp It was probably due to carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator they kept in their tent to run a heater They knew generators werenrsquot allowed in tents but perhaps the cold was unbearable

We were very upset as were the Russians who came down from their station to offer condolences (with the help of dictionaries)

Usually bodies of those who die in Antarctica are left there as a lasting tribute but we wanted to send our friends home We kept the bodies in coffins and a month later a Russian plane would carry them back

But so punishing was the weather that when the plane arrived we couldnrsquot find the coffins under the snow We had to get a bulldozer to do the job

Antarctica holds 90 per cent of the earthrsquos ice This is why global warming is such a concern If all that ice melts imagine how much the sea level would rise and how much of the rest of the world would get submerged

The place is pollution-free but ironically the ozone layer above it has got a hole We can draw political boundaries across the earth but pollution does not abide by it People in Europe and Asia could be using excessive air-conditioners and fridges but the effect is showing in the South Pole

Acknowledgement I am thankful to Brinda Sarkar of The Telegraphs for helping me in

writing the manuscript

Hazra with teammate Sudipta Sengupta

Happy Vijaya

From Sudha and Tapan Chaudhuri 2019

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Happy Dussehra

From Usha and Swapan Saha 2019

Wish you all Happy Dussehra

From Dr Mahoua Ray and Dr Mayank Gupta 2019 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subho Vijaya

From Rachel Surojit Debjani Tripti and Debabrata Bhaduri 2019

Subho Vijaya From Kole Family 2019

Subho Vijaya From Konika and Ajay Pal 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Aveek Minati and Animesh 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Gouri and Subrata 2019

THE LIFE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN AMERICA

Ashim Mitra

Throughout the ages great personalities have landed on the shores of this new continent and left

their footprints behind Some of them influenced art and literature some science and education However Swami Vivekananda touched the very soul of the

American people He charmed audiences with his magical oratory and left an indelible mark on Americas spiritual development

The story of his journey to North America has

been told many times in many different ways It is the

story of a destitute unknown monk from an unrecognized organization representing an impoverished

nation To understand and appreciate it fully we have to retrace our steps back in time

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Dev guru of Vivekananda passed away in the summer of 1886 It

was a difficult time for his disciples Vivekananda felt the intense agony of separation from his guru

With 15 other disciples he moved to a dilapidate house in Baranagar from Cossipore and took the vow

of sannyas They underwent a lot of religious practices including deep meditation there At that time

they had no thought of whether the world even existed or not He wanted to lose himself in silent

meditation but the mundane duties of life brought him back He realized that he was not meant to live

the life of a recluse struggling for personal salvation He heard the inner call for a greater mission as

envisioned by his guru

Swamiji embarked on a long journey to explore and discover India He travelled from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari as a Parivrajak From the Himalayas to Kanyakumari During his travel Swami Vivekananda was deeply moved to see the appealing poverty of the masses He was the first religious leader in India to understand and openly declare that the real cause of Indias downfall was the neglect of the masses

During the course of his wanderings he heard about the Worlds Parliament of Religion to be held in Chicago His friends and admirers wanted him to attend the Parliament In the last lap of his pilgrimage across India he came to Kanyakumari He swam through the shark infested water to what is now called Vivekananda Rock As he sat on the rock he meditated deeply on India- her past present and future After three days of meditation he took the momentous decision to go to the west to raise money for the upliftment of India

He also had a vision He saw Sri Ramakrishna walking into ocean and beckoning for himto follow Earlier he had written a letter to Maa Sarada asking for her blessings At last he received her response He asked his followers to collect money for the journey He was also helped by the Maharaja of Mysore the Raja of Ramnad and the Raja of Khetri On 31

st May 1893 he sailed for America

from Mumbai (Bombay then) via Colombo Tokyo and Vancouver On the train journey from Vancouver to Chicago he encountered Miss Katherine Abbot Sanborn Very much impressed by his personality and appearance she gave him her card and invited him to be a guest in her house in Massachusetts Early days in Chicago Swamiji arrived in Chicago on 30

th July 1893 After his arrival he learned that the

Parliament of Religion was to be held couple of months later in September He also did not have the necessary paperwork including a letter of introduction that was needed to register for the event Not just that the date for registration had also already passed There was therefore no chance that Swamiji could be allowed to speak at the event Now only after a few

days in Chicago Swamiji realized that he was running out of money He then remembered that a lady by the name Katherine Abbott Sanborn who had offered him help should he need any Katherine Abbott Sanborn lived in Boston Massachussetts Swamiji decided to leave Chicago for Boston

Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn

His acquaintance with Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn was instrumental in his entry to the Parliament of Religions On August 1893 Swamiji reached Boston Kate Sanborn wrote in her memoirs Katharine Abbot Sanborn was a poet teacher lecturer above all a humanist She was not only his hostess in those early days she was also instrumental in introducing him to Professor Wright and other men and women of influence Professor JH Wright Professor JH Wright a

professor of Greek at Harvard University

encouraged Swamiji to introduce Hinduism in the Parliament of Religions He wrote about Swamiji to a number of important people connected with the parliament Prof Wright not only gave Swamiji a letter of introduction he also bought his tickets to Chicago

Return to Chicago Swamiji reached to Chicago on 9th

September To his dismay he found that he has lost the letter of introduction and the address of the committee Tired and hungry he spent the night in an empty boxcar

Next morning forgetting that he was in a foreign country he went begging for food as was the century old tradition of the Hindu monks People saw his rumpled clothes travel worn appearance and slammed their doors in his face Exhausted and resigning himself to the will of the almighty he sat down on the

roadside curb He thought of fighting back against all the odds He also knew that no great things were ever done without great

labor He submitted to the lord completely Mrs Hale an

influential lady living in the opposite house saw him and asked ldquoSir are you the Parliament of ReligionsrdquoSwamiji childlike as always poured out all his troubles

I have lost everything in the train I have no credentials and I do not know where to gordquo

ldquoI am tired and totally lost Mrs Hale invited him in her house gave him hot breakfast and saw to his immediate needs Later she took him to the office of the parliament of religion and introduced him to Dr Barrows the President of the

Parliament Swamiji never forgot the kindness and courtesy of Mrs Hale He became a part of the family until his death in 1902

Speech at the Parliament of Religion

The parliament of religion was an

adjunct to the world Columbian exposition

which was held in Chicago in 1893 to

celebrate the 400th

anniversary of the

discovery of America by Christopher

Columbus The first session of the

parliament was held on Monday

September 11 in the spacious hall of the

Art Institute It opened with a prayer after which the delegates were introduced one by one They read

their prepared speeches Swamiji had not prepared a speech for the occasion and he had never

addressed a public gathering before He kept postponing the speech In the afternoon when he could no

longer put off his turn he stood up inwardly bowed down to Devi S a r a swati and began to speak

ldquoSisters and brothers of Americardquo

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us I thank you in the name of most ancient orders of monks in the world I thank you in the name of the mother of religions I thank you in the names of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sect

ldquo Many thanks also to some of the speakers on this platform who referring to the delegates from the Orient have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands of idea of toleration I am proud to belong to a religion who has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance We believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true The present convention which is one of most august assemblies ever held is in itself a vindication a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in Gita Whosoever comes to me through whatsoever form I reach him all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to Me Sectarianism bigotry and its horrible descendant fanaticism have long possessed this beautiful earth They have filled the earth with violence drenched it often and often with human blood destroyed civilization and sent whole nation to despair Had it not been for these horrible demons human society would be far more advanced than it is now But their time has come and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanatism of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen and of all charitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goalsrdquo

I am a Hindu and I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the whole world is my little well The Christian sits in his little well and thinks that whole world is his well The Mohammedan sits in his little well and thinks that this is the whole world I have to thank you of America for the great attempt you are making to break down the barriers of this little world of ours and hope that in the future the lord will help you to accomplish of your purpose

From an Unknown Monk to Celebrity Swami Vivekananda shook not only America but the whole world with his speech New York Herald wrote After hearing his speech it seems that sending religious propagators to a country like India highly eminent in the field of religion is but sheer stupidity Harriet Monroe an editor and poet who was present at the Parliament later wrote in her autobiography Swami Vivekananda stole the whole show and captured the town

His personality his voice the fervor of his feelings the beauty of his message to the western world

1gave us a rare and perfect moment of supreme emotion It was a human eloquence at its highest pitch Following his success in the Parliament of religions Swamiji continued delivering lectures on Hindu philosophy He traveled to various parts of the United States including Madison Minneapolis Des Moines Detroit and Boston In November 1894 he established the Vedanta Society in New York Swamiji preached the gospel of the unity of religion and scattered the seeds of purity knowledge and faith His message to the world was

Assimilation and not destruction harmony and peace of dissention

He told his disciples in Calcutta America is where the feeling of brotherhood has been developed An

American meets you for five minutes on board a train and you are his friend The next moment he

invites you as a gmicroest to his house and opens his whole home to you

Swamiji returned to India after spending more than three years in the United States in January

1897 to establish the Ramkrishna Mission and carry on the work that his guru had bestowed on

Edited by Ranu Pal

Vijaya Greetings

From Anik Ankur Elizabeth Ranjana and

Ashim Overland Park Kansas 2019

_________________________________

Subho Vijaya

From Dolly and Ranjit Ganguly Kansas 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Sukalpa Sanandi Sharmistha and Debraj 2019

--------------------------------------------------

Wish you all a very happy dussehra

From Sara Sayush Shubhra and Sanjeev

Journey of an Indian Scientist

30 years before to The Antarctic Continent

Ashis Kumar Hazra PhD DSc FZS(Cal)

Emeritus Scientist Zoological Survey of india Kolkata

1st ZSI Scientist to Antarctic Expedition

INTRODUCTION

Antarctica vast barren and inhospitable continent has remained largely unexploited till beginning of this largest continent the population is only 800 or so during winter and about 2000 during brief busy summer months The problems as faced by modern expedition members continue to be almost the same as faced by explorers 80years ago Its environment remains hostile There are extreme cold long periods of light and darkness restricted activity and social deprivation Among the ancient Greeks Pythagoras and Aristotle in particular argued that the Earthrsquos is a sphere This concept slowly and slowly led to the evolution to the notion of the evolution of the existence of Terra Australis or the southern landmass to balance the known northern world That the Earth is spherical is proved through part of the earth and it goes without saying that the myth of Terra Australis still persists In the meantime by the wind of nineteenth century Antarctica was mapped though unfortunately we yet knew very little about it As per the broadly accepted theory and evolution process Antarctica was part of the supercontinent Pangaea covering most of the earthrsquos land surface After the

Hazra with meteorologists who would release weather balloons every hour to predict storms and alert scientists

Due to a superstition passengers of a ship crossing the Equator were to enact a play seeking permission from the sea king and queen

break up to Pangaea about220 million years ago Antarctica became the part of the southern section Gondwana Further evolution process resulted in the fragmentation of Gondwana over 200 million years Today this land continent has an area of 7 sq km without ice cap and 14 sq km with the icecap Roughly circular it has a diameter of about 4500 km and is the 5th largest continent larger than Europe and Australia

Ship that breaks ice

Back in the day during a ZSI meeting I had proposed that our department send a team to Antarctica Our Director loved the idea but everyone else backed out at the thought of actually going there So I was chosen to do the job

The Indian expedition had 81 people mdash scientists members of the army navy air force and doctors We set sail from Goa and headed southwest on the Thuleland a Swedish ship that was so huge it would 36000 metric tonnes capacity

As we crossed the 51st parallel south latitude we started encountering what looked like sheets or boulders of ice on the water Sometimes we could witness the water turning into ice and approaching the ship While it looked harmless nine times of what was visible lay hidden underwater and we had to dodge it lest we did a Titanic

When the ice got too much to dodge our ship would deploy machines to break the ice and push its way through But when the icebreaker could move no further our air force pilots brought out our Mi8 helicopters and flew our team to mainland Antarctica

Centre lost under snow

Antarctica is abundant in minerals like coal gold and oil and so many countries want to claim it as their own So an Antarctic Treaty was formulated in 1959 in which member countries agreed that it would be no manrsquos land However they are free to go over and conduct peaceful and eco-friendly scientific research

When India reached the continent in the early 80s they built an ad hoc research centre near the eastern shore and called it Dakshin Gangotri But within few years of our stay there it got drowned in snow and we had to move into a new station mdash Maitri in East Antartica mdash in a rocky part of the continent that continues to be used

Drinking molten lake water

On paper Antarctic summer means sunlight even at night but in reality the sun shone bright just once or twice a week The rest of the time it was stormy with low light

Blizzards at speeds of up to 200kph were common They would make our huts tremble and leave so much snow around us that we would have to shovel our way out of our huts every morning But this snow would not fall from the sky like rain It doesnrsquot rain in Antarctica The blizzards lift loose snow or ice from the ground and blow it around

Thuleland the Swedish icebreaker veers itrsquos way through icebergs

When we reached the continent the temperature was -2deg although up to -89deg has been recorded there Humidity would sometimes slip even below 2 per cent and oxygen level was low as there are no plants to create any

We lived in prefabricated huts where the ground floor was our lab and first floor was the living area for three or four of us We ate packed food drank water melted from an adjacent lake (that we named Priyadarshini after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi) and were flown to the ship once a fortnight for a bath

The ship kept sailing in the vicinity for the months that we did our work and since the choppers had no helipads to land on the ice we would climb in and out using ladders dropped down

Protective papa penguins

We had a lot of zoology work to cover on the trip but everything depended on our colleagues from the meteorology department They would release weather balloons every hour to predict storms and we would have to plan our excursions accordingly

Since the land has snow whichever way you look one has no visual reference to navigate This is a condition called ldquowhiteoutrdquo To help us find our way we would plant ldquocolour sticksrdquo for up to 4km outside our centre And if we needed to cover an extra mile tomorrow we would have to go today and plant extra sticks

On the work front we got to study plant and animal life We found moss mites nematodes and springtails and are still studying how they adapt to the inhospitable conditions We studied albatross huge birds with wingspans of 12ft and skuas predatory birds with webbed feet They do not have perching claws like birds in Calcutta as there are no trees in Antarctica for them to perch on Rather they have webbed feet that lets them swim and eat krills a shrimp-like creature that supports most of the food chain on the continent

The most fascinating birds were the emperor penguins These are the largest penguins mdash about 5ft in height and over 30kg in weight mdash and are the only birds that lay eggs in winter

A female lays a single egg in April hands it over to her mate and heads to the ocean She feeds there for the next four months while the male incubates the egg in a pouch above his feet He stands still and goes without food and in case of strong blizzards huddles with other males to protect their eggs

The females return in August when the eggs hatch Penguin colonies have lakhs of them living together but a couple recognises each another by their distinct voice calls

Indian ship THULELAND reached in Antarctica foreground two emperor penguins

The male now transfers the chick to the motherrsquos feet and heads to the sea to feed The mother regurgitates part of what she has eaten all winter and feeds the fledgling Penguins mate for life and the couples will continue this cycle every year

As per the Antarctic Treaty we arenrsquot allowed to take any live animals out of the continent but I brought back a penguin chick that had died a spoilt penguin egghellip They are on display at the ZSI museum in New Alipore and the Indian Museum

Death amp disease

One of our team-mates got appendicitis but the doctors were not worried Antarctica is too cold even for bacteria so they removed his appendix without any fear of infection

Before heading out on this trip we underwent intense training We were made to sign a government bond and told in unambiguous terms that there was a 50-50 chance of survival in Antarctica Little did we know that four of us would indeed not be returning home

On January 8 three scientists amp a naval officer were found dead in a tent they had erected for research 70km ( Hmboult Mountain Range ) from our Base camp It was probably due to carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator they kept in their tent to run a heater They knew generators werenrsquot allowed in tents but perhaps the cold was unbearable

We were very upset as were the Russians who came down from their station to offer condolences (with the help of dictionaries)

Usually bodies of those who die in Antarctica are left there as a lasting tribute but we wanted to send our friends home We kept the bodies in coffins and a month later a Russian plane would carry them back

But so punishing was the weather that when the plane arrived we couldnrsquot find the coffins under the snow We had to get a bulldozer to do the job

Antarctica holds 90 per cent of the earthrsquos ice This is why global warming is such a concern If all that ice melts imagine how much the sea level would rise and how much of the rest of the world would get submerged

The place is pollution-free but ironically the ozone layer above it has got a hole We can draw political boundaries across the earth but pollution does not abide by it People in Europe and Asia could be using excessive air-conditioners and fridges but the effect is showing in the South Pole

Acknowledgement I am thankful to Brinda Sarkar of The Telegraphs for helping me in

writing the manuscript

Hazra with teammate Sudipta Sengupta

Happy Vijaya

From Sudha and Tapan Chaudhuri 2019

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Happy Dussehra

From Usha and Swapan Saha 2019

Wish you all Happy Dussehra

From Dr Mahoua Ray and Dr Mayank Gupta 2019 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subho Vijaya

From Rachel Surojit Debjani Tripti and Debabrata Bhaduri 2019

Subho Vijaya From Kole Family 2019

Subho Vijaya From Konika and Ajay Pal 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Aveek Minati and Animesh 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Gouri and Subrata 2019

THE LIFE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN AMERICA

Ashim Mitra

Throughout the ages great personalities have landed on the shores of this new continent and left

their footprints behind Some of them influenced art and literature some science and education However Swami Vivekananda touched the very soul of the

American people He charmed audiences with his magical oratory and left an indelible mark on Americas spiritual development

The story of his journey to North America has

been told many times in many different ways It is the

story of a destitute unknown monk from an unrecognized organization representing an impoverished

nation To understand and appreciate it fully we have to retrace our steps back in time

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Dev guru of Vivekananda passed away in the summer of 1886 It

was a difficult time for his disciples Vivekananda felt the intense agony of separation from his guru

With 15 other disciples he moved to a dilapidate house in Baranagar from Cossipore and took the vow

of sannyas They underwent a lot of religious practices including deep meditation there At that time

they had no thought of whether the world even existed or not He wanted to lose himself in silent

meditation but the mundane duties of life brought him back He realized that he was not meant to live

the life of a recluse struggling for personal salvation He heard the inner call for a greater mission as

envisioned by his guru

Swamiji embarked on a long journey to explore and discover India He travelled from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari as a Parivrajak From the Himalayas to Kanyakumari During his travel Swami Vivekananda was deeply moved to see the appealing poverty of the masses He was the first religious leader in India to understand and openly declare that the real cause of Indias downfall was the neglect of the masses

During the course of his wanderings he heard about the Worlds Parliament of Religion to be held in Chicago His friends and admirers wanted him to attend the Parliament In the last lap of his pilgrimage across India he came to Kanyakumari He swam through the shark infested water to what is now called Vivekananda Rock As he sat on the rock he meditated deeply on India- her past present and future After three days of meditation he took the momentous decision to go to the west to raise money for the upliftment of India

He also had a vision He saw Sri Ramakrishna walking into ocean and beckoning for himto follow Earlier he had written a letter to Maa Sarada asking for her blessings At last he received her response He asked his followers to collect money for the journey He was also helped by the Maharaja of Mysore the Raja of Ramnad and the Raja of Khetri On 31

st May 1893 he sailed for America

from Mumbai (Bombay then) via Colombo Tokyo and Vancouver On the train journey from Vancouver to Chicago he encountered Miss Katherine Abbot Sanborn Very much impressed by his personality and appearance she gave him her card and invited him to be a guest in her house in Massachusetts Early days in Chicago Swamiji arrived in Chicago on 30

th July 1893 After his arrival he learned that the

Parliament of Religion was to be held couple of months later in September He also did not have the necessary paperwork including a letter of introduction that was needed to register for the event Not just that the date for registration had also already passed There was therefore no chance that Swamiji could be allowed to speak at the event Now only after a few

days in Chicago Swamiji realized that he was running out of money He then remembered that a lady by the name Katherine Abbott Sanborn who had offered him help should he need any Katherine Abbott Sanborn lived in Boston Massachussetts Swamiji decided to leave Chicago for Boston

Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn

His acquaintance with Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn was instrumental in his entry to the Parliament of Religions On August 1893 Swamiji reached Boston Kate Sanborn wrote in her memoirs Katharine Abbot Sanborn was a poet teacher lecturer above all a humanist She was not only his hostess in those early days she was also instrumental in introducing him to Professor Wright and other men and women of influence Professor JH Wright Professor JH Wright a

professor of Greek at Harvard University

encouraged Swamiji to introduce Hinduism in the Parliament of Religions He wrote about Swamiji to a number of important people connected with the parliament Prof Wright not only gave Swamiji a letter of introduction he also bought his tickets to Chicago

Return to Chicago Swamiji reached to Chicago on 9th

September To his dismay he found that he has lost the letter of introduction and the address of the committee Tired and hungry he spent the night in an empty boxcar

Next morning forgetting that he was in a foreign country he went begging for food as was the century old tradition of the Hindu monks People saw his rumpled clothes travel worn appearance and slammed their doors in his face Exhausted and resigning himself to the will of the almighty he sat down on the

roadside curb He thought of fighting back against all the odds He also knew that no great things were ever done without great

labor He submitted to the lord completely Mrs Hale an

influential lady living in the opposite house saw him and asked ldquoSir are you the Parliament of ReligionsrdquoSwamiji childlike as always poured out all his troubles

I have lost everything in the train I have no credentials and I do not know where to gordquo

ldquoI am tired and totally lost Mrs Hale invited him in her house gave him hot breakfast and saw to his immediate needs Later she took him to the office of the parliament of religion and introduced him to Dr Barrows the President of the

Parliament Swamiji never forgot the kindness and courtesy of Mrs Hale He became a part of the family until his death in 1902

Speech at the Parliament of Religion

The parliament of religion was an

adjunct to the world Columbian exposition

which was held in Chicago in 1893 to

celebrate the 400th

anniversary of the

discovery of America by Christopher

Columbus The first session of the

parliament was held on Monday

September 11 in the spacious hall of the

Art Institute It opened with a prayer after which the delegates were introduced one by one They read

their prepared speeches Swamiji had not prepared a speech for the occasion and he had never

addressed a public gathering before He kept postponing the speech In the afternoon when he could no

longer put off his turn he stood up inwardly bowed down to Devi S a r a swati and began to speak

ldquoSisters and brothers of Americardquo

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us I thank you in the name of most ancient orders of monks in the world I thank you in the name of the mother of religions I thank you in the names of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sect

ldquo Many thanks also to some of the speakers on this platform who referring to the delegates from the Orient have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands of idea of toleration I am proud to belong to a religion who has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance We believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true The present convention which is one of most august assemblies ever held is in itself a vindication a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in Gita Whosoever comes to me through whatsoever form I reach him all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to Me Sectarianism bigotry and its horrible descendant fanaticism have long possessed this beautiful earth They have filled the earth with violence drenched it often and often with human blood destroyed civilization and sent whole nation to despair Had it not been for these horrible demons human society would be far more advanced than it is now But their time has come and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanatism of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen and of all charitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goalsrdquo

I am a Hindu and I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the whole world is my little well The Christian sits in his little well and thinks that whole world is his well The Mohammedan sits in his little well and thinks that this is the whole world I have to thank you of America for the great attempt you are making to break down the barriers of this little world of ours and hope that in the future the lord will help you to accomplish of your purpose

From an Unknown Monk to Celebrity Swami Vivekananda shook not only America but the whole world with his speech New York Herald wrote After hearing his speech it seems that sending religious propagators to a country like India highly eminent in the field of religion is but sheer stupidity Harriet Monroe an editor and poet who was present at the Parliament later wrote in her autobiography Swami Vivekananda stole the whole show and captured the town

His personality his voice the fervor of his feelings the beauty of his message to the western world

1gave us a rare and perfect moment of supreme emotion It was a human eloquence at its highest pitch Following his success in the Parliament of religions Swamiji continued delivering lectures on Hindu philosophy He traveled to various parts of the United States including Madison Minneapolis Des Moines Detroit and Boston In November 1894 he established the Vedanta Society in New York Swamiji preached the gospel of the unity of religion and scattered the seeds of purity knowledge and faith His message to the world was

Assimilation and not destruction harmony and peace of dissention

He told his disciples in Calcutta America is where the feeling of brotherhood has been developed An

American meets you for five minutes on board a train and you are his friend The next moment he

invites you as a gmicroest to his house and opens his whole home to you

Swamiji returned to India after spending more than three years in the United States in January

1897 to establish the Ramkrishna Mission and carry on the work that his guru had bestowed on

Edited by Ranu Pal

Vijaya Greetings

From Anik Ankur Elizabeth Ranjana and

Ashim Overland Park Kansas 2019

_________________________________

Subho Vijaya

From Dolly and Ranjit Ganguly Kansas 2019

Journey of an Indian Scientist

30 years before to The Antarctic Continent

Ashis Kumar Hazra PhD DSc FZS(Cal)

Emeritus Scientist Zoological Survey of india Kolkata

1st ZSI Scientist to Antarctic Expedition

INTRODUCTION

Antarctica vast barren and inhospitable continent has remained largely unexploited till beginning of this largest continent the population is only 800 or so during winter and about 2000 during brief busy summer months The problems as faced by modern expedition members continue to be almost the same as faced by explorers 80years ago Its environment remains hostile There are extreme cold long periods of light and darkness restricted activity and social deprivation Among the ancient Greeks Pythagoras and Aristotle in particular argued that the Earthrsquos is a sphere This concept slowly and slowly led to the evolution to the notion of the evolution of the existence of Terra Australis or the southern landmass to balance the known northern world That the Earth is spherical is proved through part of the earth and it goes without saying that the myth of Terra Australis still persists In the meantime by the wind of nineteenth century Antarctica was mapped though unfortunately we yet knew very little about it As per the broadly accepted theory and evolution process Antarctica was part of the supercontinent Pangaea covering most of the earthrsquos land surface After the

Hazra with meteorologists who would release weather balloons every hour to predict storms and alert scientists

Due to a superstition passengers of a ship crossing the Equator were to enact a play seeking permission from the sea king and queen

break up to Pangaea about220 million years ago Antarctica became the part of the southern section Gondwana Further evolution process resulted in the fragmentation of Gondwana over 200 million years Today this land continent has an area of 7 sq km without ice cap and 14 sq km with the icecap Roughly circular it has a diameter of about 4500 km and is the 5th largest continent larger than Europe and Australia

Ship that breaks ice

Back in the day during a ZSI meeting I had proposed that our department send a team to Antarctica Our Director loved the idea but everyone else backed out at the thought of actually going there So I was chosen to do the job

The Indian expedition had 81 people mdash scientists members of the army navy air force and doctors We set sail from Goa and headed southwest on the Thuleland a Swedish ship that was so huge it would 36000 metric tonnes capacity

As we crossed the 51st parallel south latitude we started encountering what looked like sheets or boulders of ice on the water Sometimes we could witness the water turning into ice and approaching the ship While it looked harmless nine times of what was visible lay hidden underwater and we had to dodge it lest we did a Titanic

When the ice got too much to dodge our ship would deploy machines to break the ice and push its way through But when the icebreaker could move no further our air force pilots brought out our Mi8 helicopters and flew our team to mainland Antarctica

Centre lost under snow

Antarctica is abundant in minerals like coal gold and oil and so many countries want to claim it as their own So an Antarctic Treaty was formulated in 1959 in which member countries agreed that it would be no manrsquos land However they are free to go over and conduct peaceful and eco-friendly scientific research

When India reached the continent in the early 80s they built an ad hoc research centre near the eastern shore and called it Dakshin Gangotri But within few years of our stay there it got drowned in snow and we had to move into a new station mdash Maitri in East Antartica mdash in a rocky part of the continent that continues to be used

Drinking molten lake water

On paper Antarctic summer means sunlight even at night but in reality the sun shone bright just once or twice a week The rest of the time it was stormy with low light

Blizzards at speeds of up to 200kph were common They would make our huts tremble and leave so much snow around us that we would have to shovel our way out of our huts every morning But this snow would not fall from the sky like rain It doesnrsquot rain in Antarctica The blizzards lift loose snow or ice from the ground and blow it around

Thuleland the Swedish icebreaker veers itrsquos way through icebergs

When we reached the continent the temperature was -2deg although up to -89deg has been recorded there Humidity would sometimes slip even below 2 per cent and oxygen level was low as there are no plants to create any

We lived in prefabricated huts where the ground floor was our lab and first floor was the living area for three or four of us We ate packed food drank water melted from an adjacent lake (that we named Priyadarshini after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi) and were flown to the ship once a fortnight for a bath

The ship kept sailing in the vicinity for the months that we did our work and since the choppers had no helipads to land on the ice we would climb in and out using ladders dropped down

Protective papa penguins

We had a lot of zoology work to cover on the trip but everything depended on our colleagues from the meteorology department They would release weather balloons every hour to predict storms and we would have to plan our excursions accordingly

Since the land has snow whichever way you look one has no visual reference to navigate This is a condition called ldquowhiteoutrdquo To help us find our way we would plant ldquocolour sticksrdquo for up to 4km outside our centre And if we needed to cover an extra mile tomorrow we would have to go today and plant extra sticks

On the work front we got to study plant and animal life We found moss mites nematodes and springtails and are still studying how they adapt to the inhospitable conditions We studied albatross huge birds with wingspans of 12ft and skuas predatory birds with webbed feet They do not have perching claws like birds in Calcutta as there are no trees in Antarctica for them to perch on Rather they have webbed feet that lets them swim and eat krills a shrimp-like creature that supports most of the food chain on the continent

The most fascinating birds were the emperor penguins These are the largest penguins mdash about 5ft in height and over 30kg in weight mdash and are the only birds that lay eggs in winter

A female lays a single egg in April hands it over to her mate and heads to the ocean She feeds there for the next four months while the male incubates the egg in a pouch above his feet He stands still and goes without food and in case of strong blizzards huddles with other males to protect their eggs

The females return in August when the eggs hatch Penguin colonies have lakhs of them living together but a couple recognises each another by their distinct voice calls

Indian ship THULELAND reached in Antarctica foreground two emperor penguins

The male now transfers the chick to the motherrsquos feet and heads to the sea to feed The mother regurgitates part of what she has eaten all winter and feeds the fledgling Penguins mate for life and the couples will continue this cycle every year

As per the Antarctic Treaty we arenrsquot allowed to take any live animals out of the continent but I brought back a penguin chick that had died a spoilt penguin egghellip They are on display at the ZSI museum in New Alipore and the Indian Museum

Death amp disease

One of our team-mates got appendicitis but the doctors were not worried Antarctica is too cold even for bacteria so they removed his appendix without any fear of infection

Before heading out on this trip we underwent intense training We were made to sign a government bond and told in unambiguous terms that there was a 50-50 chance of survival in Antarctica Little did we know that four of us would indeed not be returning home

On January 8 three scientists amp a naval officer were found dead in a tent they had erected for research 70km ( Hmboult Mountain Range ) from our Base camp It was probably due to carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator they kept in their tent to run a heater They knew generators werenrsquot allowed in tents but perhaps the cold was unbearable

We were very upset as were the Russians who came down from their station to offer condolences (with the help of dictionaries)

Usually bodies of those who die in Antarctica are left there as a lasting tribute but we wanted to send our friends home We kept the bodies in coffins and a month later a Russian plane would carry them back

But so punishing was the weather that when the plane arrived we couldnrsquot find the coffins under the snow We had to get a bulldozer to do the job

Antarctica holds 90 per cent of the earthrsquos ice This is why global warming is such a concern If all that ice melts imagine how much the sea level would rise and how much of the rest of the world would get submerged

The place is pollution-free but ironically the ozone layer above it has got a hole We can draw political boundaries across the earth but pollution does not abide by it People in Europe and Asia could be using excessive air-conditioners and fridges but the effect is showing in the South Pole

Acknowledgement I am thankful to Brinda Sarkar of The Telegraphs for helping me in

writing the manuscript

Hazra with teammate Sudipta Sengupta

Happy Vijaya

From Sudha and Tapan Chaudhuri 2019

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Happy Dussehra

From Usha and Swapan Saha 2019

Wish you all Happy Dussehra

From Dr Mahoua Ray and Dr Mayank Gupta 2019 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subho Vijaya

From Rachel Surojit Debjani Tripti and Debabrata Bhaduri 2019

Subho Vijaya From Kole Family 2019

Subho Vijaya From Konika and Ajay Pal 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Aveek Minati and Animesh 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Gouri and Subrata 2019

THE LIFE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN AMERICA

Ashim Mitra

Throughout the ages great personalities have landed on the shores of this new continent and left

their footprints behind Some of them influenced art and literature some science and education However Swami Vivekananda touched the very soul of the

American people He charmed audiences with his magical oratory and left an indelible mark on Americas spiritual development

The story of his journey to North America has

been told many times in many different ways It is the

story of a destitute unknown monk from an unrecognized organization representing an impoverished

nation To understand and appreciate it fully we have to retrace our steps back in time

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Dev guru of Vivekananda passed away in the summer of 1886 It

was a difficult time for his disciples Vivekananda felt the intense agony of separation from his guru

With 15 other disciples he moved to a dilapidate house in Baranagar from Cossipore and took the vow

of sannyas They underwent a lot of religious practices including deep meditation there At that time

they had no thought of whether the world even existed or not He wanted to lose himself in silent

meditation but the mundane duties of life brought him back He realized that he was not meant to live

the life of a recluse struggling for personal salvation He heard the inner call for a greater mission as

envisioned by his guru

Swamiji embarked on a long journey to explore and discover India He travelled from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari as a Parivrajak From the Himalayas to Kanyakumari During his travel Swami Vivekananda was deeply moved to see the appealing poverty of the masses He was the first religious leader in India to understand and openly declare that the real cause of Indias downfall was the neglect of the masses

During the course of his wanderings he heard about the Worlds Parliament of Religion to be held in Chicago His friends and admirers wanted him to attend the Parliament In the last lap of his pilgrimage across India he came to Kanyakumari He swam through the shark infested water to what is now called Vivekananda Rock As he sat on the rock he meditated deeply on India- her past present and future After three days of meditation he took the momentous decision to go to the west to raise money for the upliftment of India

He also had a vision He saw Sri Ramakrishna walking into ocean and beckoning for himto follow Earlier he had written a letter to Maa Sarada asking for her blessings At last he received her response He asked his followers to collect money for the journey He was also helped by the Maharaja of Mysore the Raja of Ramnad and the Raja of Khetri On 31

st May 1893 he sailed for America

from Mumbai (Bombay then) via Colombo Tokyo and Vancouver On the train journey from Vancouver to Chicago he encountered Miss Katherine Abbot Sanborn Very much impressed by his personality and appearance she gave him her card and invited him to be a guest in her house in Massachusetts Early days in Chicago Swamiji arrived in Chicago on 30

th July 1893 After his arrival he learned that the

Parliament of Religion was to be held couple of months later in September He also did not have the necessary paperwork including a letter of introduction that was needed to register for the event Not just that the date for registration had also already passed There was therefore no chance that Swamiji could be allowed to speak at the event Now only after a few

days in Chicago Swamiji realized that he was running out of money He then remembered that a lady by the name Katherine Abbott Sanborn who had offered him help should he need any Katherine Abbott Sanborn lived in Boston Massachussetts Swamiji decided to leave Chicago for Boston

Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn

His acquaintance with Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn was instrumental in his entry to the Parliament of Religions On August 1893 Swamiji reached Boston Kate Sanborn wrote in her memoirs Katharine Abbot Sanborn was a poet teacher lecturer above all a humanist She was not only his hostess in those early days she was also instrumental in introducing him to Professor Wright and other men and women of influence Professor JH Wright Professor JH Wright a

professor of Greek at Harvard University

encouraged Swamiji to introduce Hinduism in the Parliament of Religions He wrote about Swamiji to a number of important people connected with the parliament Prof Wright not only gave Swamiji a letter of introduction he also bought his tickets to Chicago

Return to Chicago Swamiji reached to Chicago on 9th

September To his dismay he found that he has lost the letter of introduction and the address of the committee Tired and hungry he spent the night in an empty boxcar

Next morning forgetting that he was in a foreign country he went begging for food as was the century old tradition of the Hindu monks People saw his rumpled clothes travel worn appearance and slammed their doors in his face Exhausted and resigning himself to the will of the almighty he sat down on the

roadside curb He thought of fighting back against all the odds He also knew that no great things were ever done without great

labor He submitted to the lord completely Mrs Hale an

influential lady living in the opposite house saw him and asked ldquoSir are you the Parliament of ReligionsrdquoSwamiji childlike as always poured out all his troubles

I have lost everything in the train I have no credentials and I do not know where to gordquo

ldquoI am tired and totally lost Mrs Hale invited him in her house gave him hot breakfast and saw to his immediate needs Later she took him to the office of the parliament of religion and introduced him to Dr Barrows the President of the

Parliament Swamiji never forgot the kindness and courtesy of Mrs Hale He became a part of the family until his death in 1902

Speech at the Parliament of Religion

The parliament of religion was an

adjunct to the world Columbian exposition

which was held in Chicago in 1893 to

celebrate the 400th

anniversary of the

discovery of America by Christopher

Columbus The first session of the

parliament was held on Monday

September 11 in the spacious hall of the

Art Institute It opened with a prayer after which the delegates were introduced one by one They read

their prepared speeches Swamiji had not prepared a speech for the occasion and he had never

addressed a public gathering before He kept postponing the speech In the afternoon when he could no

longer put off his turn he stood up inwardly bowed down to Devi S a r a swati and began to speak

ldquoSisters and brothers of Americardquo

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us I thank you in the name of most ancient orders of monks in the world I thank you in the name of the mother of religions I thank you in the names of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sect

ldquo Many thanks also to some of the speakers on this platform who referring to the delegates from the Orient have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands of idea of toleration I am proud to belong to a religion who has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance We believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true The present convention which is one of most august assemblies ever held is in itself a vindication a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in Gita Whosoever comes to me through whatsoever form I reach him all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to Me Sectarianism bigotry and its horrible descendant fanaticism have long possessed this beautiful earth They have filled the earth with violence drenched it often and often with human blood destroyed civilization and sent whole nation to despair Had it not been for these horrible demons human society would be far more advanced than it is now But their time has come and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanatism of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen and of all charitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goalsrdquo

I am a Hindu and I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the whole world is my little well The Christian sits in his little well and thinks that whole world is his well The Mohammedan sits in his little well and thinks that this is the whole world I have to thank you of America for the great attempt you are making to break down the barriers of this little world of ours and hope that in the future the lord will help you to accomplish of your purpose

From an Unknown Monk to Celebrity Swami Vivekananda shook not only America but the whole world with his speech New York Herald wrote After hearing his speech it seems that sending religious propagators to a country like India highly eminent in the field of religion is but sheer stupidity Harriet Monroe an editor and poet who was present at the Parliament later wrote in her autobiography Swami Vivekananda stole the whole show and captured the town

His personality his voice the fervor of his feelings the beauty of his message to the western world

1gave us a rare and perfect moment of supreme emotion It was a human eloquence at its highest pitch Following his success in the Parliament of religions Swamiji continued delivering lectures on Hindu philosophy He traveled to various parts of the United States including Madison Minneapolis Des Moines Detroit and Boston In November 1894 he established the Vedanta Society in New York Swamiji preached the gospel of the unity of religion and scattered the seeds of purity knowledge and faith His message to the world was

Assimilation and not destruction harmony and peace of dissention

He told his disciples in Calcutta America is where the feeling of brotherhood has been developed An

American meets you for five minutes on board a train and you are his friend The next moment he

invites you as a gmicroest to his house and opens his whole home to you

Swamiji returned to India after spending more than three years in the United States in January

1897 to establish the Ramkrishna Mission and carry on the work that his guru had bestowed on

Edited by Ranu Pal

Vijaya Greetings

From Anik Ankur Elizabeth Ranjana and

Ashim Overland Park Kansas 2019

_________________________________

Subho Vijaya

From Dolly and Ranjit Ganguly Kansas 2019

break up to Pangaea about220 million years ago Antarctica became the part of the southern section Gondwana Further evolution process resulted in the fragmentation of Gondwana over 200 million years Today this land continent has an area of 7 sq km without ice cap and 14 sq km with the icecap Roughly circular it has a diameter of about 4500 km and is the 5th largest continent larger than Europe and Australia

Ship that breaks ice

Back in the day during a ZSI meeting I had proposed that our department send a team to Antarctica Our Director loved the idea but everyone else backed out at the thought of actually going there So I was chosen to do the job

The Indian expedition had 81 people mdash scientists members of the army navy air force and doctors We set sail from Goa and headed southwest on the Thuleland a Swedish ship that was so huge it would 36000 metric tonnes capacity

As we crossed the 51st parallel south latitude we started encountering what looked like sheets or boulders of ice on the water Sometimes we could witness the water turning into ice and approaching the ship While it looked harmless nine times of what was visible lay hidden underwater and we had to dodge it lest we did a Titanic

When the ice got too much to dodge our ship would deploy machines to break the ice and push its way through But when the icebreaker could move no further our air force pilots brought out our Mi8 helicopters and flew our team to mainland Antarctica

Centre lost under snow

Antarctica is abundant in minerals like coal gold and oil and so many countries want to claim it as their own So an Antarctic Treaty was formulated in 1959 in which member countries agreed that it would be no manrsquos land However they are free to go over and conduct peaceful and eco-friendly scientific research

When India reached the continent in the early 80s they built an ad hoc research centre near the eastern shore and called it Dakshin Gangotri But within few years of our stay there it got drowned in snow and we had to move into a new station mdash Maitri in East Antartica mdash in a rocky part of the continent that continues to be used

Drinking molten lake water

On paper Antarctic summer means sunlight even at night but in reality the sun shone bright just once or twice a week The rest of the time it was stormy with low light

Blizzards at speeds of up to 200kph were common They would make our huts tremble and leave so much snow around us that we would have to shovel our way out of our huts every morning But this snow would not fall from the sky like rain It doesnrsquot rain in Antarctica The blizzards lift loose snow or ice from the ground and blow it around

Thuleland the Swedish icebreaker veers itrsquos way through icebergs

When we reached the continent the temperature was -2deg although up to -89deg has been recorded there Humidity would sometimes slip even below 2 per cent and oxygen level was low as there are no plants to create any

We lived in prefabricated huts where the ground floor was our lab and first floor was the living area for three or four of us We ate packed food drank water melted from an adjacent lake (that we named Priyadarshini after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi) and were flown to the ship once a fortnight for a bath

The ship kept sailing in the vicinity for the months that we did our work and since the choppers had no helipads to land on the ice we would climb in and out using ladders dropped down

Protective papa penguins

We had a lot of zoology work to cover on the trip but everything depended on our colleagues from the meteorology department They would release weather balloons every hour to predict storms and we would have to plan our excursions accordingly

Since the land has snow whichever way you look one has no visual reference to navigate This is a condition called ldquowhiteoutrdquo To help us find our way we would plant ldquocolour sticksrdquo for up to 4km outside our centre And if we needed to cover an extra mile tomorrow we would have to go today and plant extra sticks

On the work front we got to study plant and animal life We found moss mites nematodes and springtails and are still studying how they adapt to the inhospitable conditions We studied albatross huge birds with wingspans of 12ft and skuas predatory birds with webbed feet They do not have perching claws like birds in Calcutta as there are no trees in Antarctica for them to perch on Rather they have webbed feet that lets them swim and eat krills a shrimp-like creature that supports most of the food chain on the continent

The most fascinating birds were the emperor penguins These are the largest penguins mdash about 5ft in height and over 30kg in weight mdash and are the only birds that lay eggs in winter

A female lays a single egg in April hands it over to her mate and heads to the ocean She feeds there for the next four months while the male incubates the egg in a pouch above his feet He stands still and goes without food and in case of strong blizzards huddles with other males to protect their eggs

The females return in August when the eggs hatch Penguin colonies have lakhs of them living together but a couple recognises each another by their distinct voice calls

Indian ship THULELAND reached in Antarctica foreground two emperor penguins

The male now transfers the chick to the motherrsquos feet and heads to the sea to feed The mother regurgitates part of what she has eaten all winter and feeds the fledgling Penguins mate for life and the couples will continue this cycle every year

As per the Antarctic Treaty we arenrsquot allowed to take any live animals out of the continent but I brought back a penguin chick that had died a spoilt penguin egghellip They are on display at the ZSI museum in New Alipore and the Indian Museum

Death amp disease

One of our team-mates got appendicitis but the doctors were not worried Antarctica is too cold even for bacteria so they removed his appendix without any fear of infection

Before heading out on this trip we underwent intense training We were made to sign a government bond and told in unambiguous terms that there was a 50-50 chance of survival in Antarctica Little did we know that four of us would indeed not be returning home

On January 8 three scientists amp a naval officer were found dead in a tent they had erected for research 70km ( Hmboult Mountain Range ) from our Base camp It was probably due to carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator they kept in their tent to run a heater They knew generators werenrsquot allowed in tents but perhaps the cold was unbearable

We were very upset as were the Russians who came down from their station to offer condolences (with the help of dictionaries)

Usually bodies of those who die in Antarctica are left there as a lasting tribute but we wanted to send our friends home We kept the bodies in coffins and a month later a Russian plane would carry them back

But so punishing was the weather that when the plane arrived we couldnrsquot find the coffins under the snow We had to get a bulldozer to do the job

Antarctica holds 90 per cent of the earthrsquos ice This is why global warming is such a concern If all that ice melts imagine how much the sea level would rise and how much of the rest of the world would get submerged

The place is pollution-free but ironically the ozone layer above it has got a hole We can draw political boundaries across the earth but pollution does not abide by it People in Europe and Asia could be using excessive air-conditioners and fridges but the effect is showing in the South Pole

Acknowledgement I am thankful to Brinda Sarkar of The Telegraphs for helping me in

writing the manuscript

Hazra with teammate Sudipta Sengupta

Happy Vijaya

From Sudha and Tapan Chaudhuri 2019

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Happy Dussehra

From Usha and Swapan Saha 2019

Wish you all Happy Dussehra

From Dr Mahoua Ray and Dr Mayank Gupta 2019 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subho Vijaya

From Rachel Surojit Debjani Tripti and Debabrata Bhaduri 2019

Subho Vijaya From Kole Family 2019

Subho Vijaya From Konika and Ajay Pal 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Aveek Minati and Animesh 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Gouri and Subrata 2019

THE LIFE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN AMERICA

Ashim Mitra

Throughout the ages great personalities have landed on the shores of this new continent and left

their footprints behind Some of them influenced art and literature some science and education However Swami Vivekananda touched the very soul of the

American people He charmed audiences with his magical oratory and left an indelible mark on Americas spiritual development

The story of his journey to North America has

been told many times in many different ways It is the

story of a destitute unknown monk from an unrecognized organization representing an impoverished

nation To understand and appreciate it fully we have to retrace our steps back in time

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Dev guru of Vivekananda passed away in the summer of 1886 It

was a difficult time for his disciples Vivekananda felt the intense agony of separation from his guru

With 15 other disciples he moved to a dilapidate house in Baranagar from Cossipore and took the vow

of sannyas They underwent a lot of religious practices including deep meditation there At that time

they had no thought of whether the world even existed or not He wanted to lose himself in silent

meditation but the mundane duties of life brought him back He realized that he was not meant to live

the life of a recluse struggling for personal salvation He heard the inner call for a greater mission as

envisioned by his guru

Swamiji embarked on a long journey to explore and discover India He travelled from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari as a Parivrajak From the Himalayas to Kanyakumari During his travel Swami Vivekananda was deeply moved to see the appealing poverty of the masses He was the first religious leader in India to understand and openly declare that the real cause of Indias downfall was the neglect of the masses

During the course of his wanderings he heard about the Worlds Parliament of Religion to be held in Chicago His friends and admirers wanted him to attend the Parliament In the last lap of his pilgrimage across India he came to Kanyakumari He swam through the shark infested water to what is now called Vivekananda Rock As he sat on the rock he meditated deeply on India- her past present and future After three days of meditation he took the momentous decision to go to the west to raise money for the upliftment of India

He also had a vision He saw Sri Ramakrishna walking into ocean and beckoning for himto follow Earlier he had written a letter to Maa Sarada asking for her blessings At last he received her response He asked his followers to collect money for the journey He was also helped by the Maharaja of Mysore the Raja of Ramnad and the Raja of Khetri On 31

st May 1893 he sailed for America

from Mumbai (Bombay then) via Colombo Tokyo and Vancouver On the train journey from Vancouver to Chicago he encountered Miss Katherine Abbot Sanborn Very much impressed by his personality and appearance she gave him her card and invited him to be a guest in her house in Massachusetts Early days in Chicago Swamiji arrived in Chicago on 30

th July 1893 After his arrival he learned that the

Parliament of Religion was to be held couple of months later in September He also did not have the necessary paperwork including a letter of introduction that was needed to register for the event Not just that the date for registration had also already passed There was therefore no chance that Swamiji could be allowed to speak at the event Now only after a few

days in Chicago Swamiji realized that he was running out of money He then remembered that a lady by the name Katherine Abbott Sanborn who had offered him help should he need any Katherine Abbott Sanborn lived in Boston Massachussetts Swamiji decided to leave Chicago for Boston

Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn

His acquaintance with Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn was instrumental in his entry to the Parliament of Religions On August 1893 Swamiji reached Boston Kate Sanborn wrote in her memoirs Katharine Abbot Sanborn was a poet teacher lecturer above all a humanist She was not only his hostess in those early days she was also instrumental in introducing him to Professor Wright and other men and women of influence Professor JH Wright Professor JH Wright a

professor of Greek at Harvard University

encouraged Swamiji to introduce Hinduism in the Parliament of Religions He wrote about Swamiji to a number of important people connected with the parliament Prof Wright not only gave Swamiji a letter of introduction he also bought his tickets to Chicago

Return to Chicago Swamiji reached to Chicago on 9th

September To his dismay he found that he has lost the letter of introduction and the address of the committee Tired and hungry he spent the night in an empty boxcar

Next morning forgetting that he was in a foreign country he went begging for food as was the century old tradition of the Hindu monks People saw his rumpled clothes travel worn appearance and slammed their doors in his face Exhausted and resigning himself to the will of the almighty he sat down on the

roadside curb He thought of fighting back against all the odds He also knew that no great things were ever done without great

labor He submitted to the lord completely Mrs Hale an

influential lady living in the opposite house saw him and asked ldquoSir are you the Parliament of ReligionsrdquoSwamiji childlike as always poured out all his troubles

I have lost everything in the train I have no credentials and I do not know where to gordquo

ldquoI am tired and totally lost Mrs Hale invited him in her house gave him hot breakfast and saw to his immediate needs Later she took him to the office of the parliament of religion and introduced him to Dr Barrows the President of the

Parliament Swamiji never forgot the kindness and courtesy of Mrs Hale He became a part of the family until his death in 1902

Speech at the Parliament of Religion

The parliament of religion was an

adjunct to the world Columbian exposition

which was held in Chicago in 1893 to

celebrate the 400th

anniversary of the

discovery of America by Christopher

Columbus The first session of the

parliament was held on Monday

September 11 in the spacious hall of the

Art Institute It opened with a prayer after which the delegates were introduced one by one They read

their prepared speeches Swamiji had not prepared a speech for the occasion and he had never

addressed a public gathering before He kept postponing the speech In the afternoon when he could no

longer put off his turn he stood up inwardly bowed down to Devi S a r a swati and began to speak

ldquoSisters and brothers of Americardquo

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us I thank you in the name of most ancient orders of monks in the world I thank you in the name of the mother of religions I thank you in the names of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sect

ldquo Many thanks also to some of the speakers on this platform who referring to the delegates from the Orient have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands of idea of toleration I am proud to belong to a religion who has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance We believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true The present convention which is one of most august assemblies ever held is in itself a vindication a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in Gita Whosoever comes to me through whatsoever form I reach him all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to Me Sectarianism bigotry and its horrible descendant fanaticism have long possessed this beautiful earth They have filled the earth with violence drenched it often and often with human blood destroyed civilization and sent whole nation to despair Had it not been for these horrible demons human society would be far more advanced than it is now But their time has come and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanatism of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen and of all charitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goalsrdquo

I am a Hindu and I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the whole world is my little well The Christian sits in his little well and thinks that whole world is his well The Mohammedan sits in his little well and thinks that this is the whole world I have to thank you of America for the great attempt you are making to break down the barriers of this little world of ours and hope that in the future the lord will help you to accomplish of your purpose

From an Unknown Monk to Celebrity Swami Vivekananda shook not only America but the whole world with his speech New York Herald wrote After hearing his speech it seems that sending religious propagators to a country like India highly eminent in the field of religion is but sheer stupidity Harriet Monroe an editor and poet who was present at the Parliament later wrote in her autobiography Swami Vivekananda stole the whole show and captured the town

His personality his voice the fervor of his feelings the beauty of his message to the western world

1gave us a rare and perfect moment of supreme emotion It was a human eloquence at its highest pitch Following his success in the Parliament of religions Swamiji continued delivering lectures on Hindu philosophy He traveled to various parts of the United States including Madison Minneapolis Des Moines Detroit and Boston In November 1894 he established the Vedanta Society in New York Swamiji preached the gospel of the unity of religion and scattered the seeds of purity knowledge and faith His message to the world was

Assimilation and not destruction harmony and peace of dissention

He told his disciples in Calcutta America is where the feeling of brotherhood has been developed An

American meets you for five minutes on board a train and you are his friend The next moment he

invites you as a gmicroest to his house and opens his whole home to you

Swamiji returned to India after spending more than three years in the United States in January

1897 to establish the Ramkrishna Mission and carry on the work that his guru had bestowed on

Edited by Ranu Pal

Vijaya Greetings

From Anik Ankur Elizabeth Ranjana and

Ashim Overland Park Kansas 2019

_________________________________

Subho Vijaya

From Dolly and Ranjit Ganguly Kansas 2019

When we reached the continent the temperature was -2deg although up to -89deg has been recorded there Humidity would sometimes slip even below 2 per cent and oxygen level was low as there are no plants to create any

We lived in prefabricated huts where the ground floor was our lab and first floor was the living area for three or four of us We ate packed food drank water melted from an adjacent lake (that we named Priyadarshini after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi) and were flown to the ship once a fortnight for a bath

The ship kept sailing in the vicinity for the months that we did our work and since the choppers had no helipads to land on the ice we would climb in and out using ladders dropped down

Protective papa penguins

We had a lot of zoology work to cover on the trip but everything depended on our colleagues from the meteorology department They would release weather balloons every hour to predict storms and we would have to plan our excursions accordingly

Since the land has snow whichever way you look one has no visual reference to navigate This is a condition called ldquowhiteoutrdquo To help us find our way we would plant ldquocolour sticksrdquo for up to 4km outside our centre And if we needed to cover an extra mile tomorrow we would have to go today and plant extra sticks

On the work front we got to study plant and animal life We found moss mites nematodes and springtails and are still studying how they adapt to the inhospitable conditions We studied albatross huge birds with wingspans of 12ft and skuas predatory birds with webbed feet They do not have perching claws like birds in Calcutta as there are no trees in Antarctica for them to perch on Rather they have webbed feet that lets them swim and eat krills a shrimp-like creature that supports most of the food chain on the continent

The most fascinating birds were the emperor penguins These are the largest penguins mdash about 5ft in height and over 30kg in weight mdash and are the only birds that lay eggs in winter

A female lays a single egg in April hands it over to her mate and heads to the ocean She feeds there for the next four months while the male incubates the egg in a pouch above his feet He stands still and goes without food and in case of strong blizzards huddles with other males to protect their eggs

The females return in August when the eggs hatch Penguin colonies have lakhs of them living together but a couple recognises each another by their distinct voice calls

Indian ship THULELAND reached in Antarctica foreground two emperor penguins

The male now transfers the chick to the motherrsquos feet and heads to the sea to feed The mother regurgitates part of what she has eaten all winter and feeds the fledgling Penguins mate for life and the couples will continue this cycle every year

As per the Antarctic Treaty we arenrsquot allowed to take any live animals out of the continent but I brought back a penguin chick that had died a spoilt penguin egghellip They are on display at the ZSI museum in New Alipore and the Indian Museum

Death amp disease

One of our team-mates got appendicitis but the doctors were not worried Antarctica is too cold even for bacteria so they removed his appendix without any fear of infection

Before heading out on this trip we underwent intense training We were made to sign a government bond and told in unambiguous terms that there was a 50-50 chance of survival in Antarctica Little did we know that four of us would indeed not be returning home

On January 8 three scientists amp a naval officer were found dead in a tent they had erected for research 70km ( Hmboult Mountain Range ) from our Base camp It was probably due to carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator they kept in their tent to run a heater They knew generators werenrsquot allowed in tents but perhaps the cold was unbearable

We were very upset as were the Russians who came down from their station to offer condolences (with the help of dictionaries)

Usually bodies of those who die in Antarctica are left there as a lasting tribute but we wanted to send our friends home We kept the bodies in coffins and a month later a Russian plane would carry them back

But so punishing was the weather that when the plane arrived we couldnrsquot find the coffins under the snow We had to get a bulldozer to do the job

Antarctica holds 90 per cent of the earthrsquos ice This is why global warming is such a concern If all that ice melts imagine how much the sea level would rise and how much of the rest of the world would get submerged

The place is pollution-free but ironically the ozone layer above it has got a hole We can draw political boundaries across the earth but pollution does not abide by it People in Europe and Asia could be using excessive air-conditioners and fridges but the effect is showing in the South Pole

Acknowledgement I am thankful to Brinda Sarkar of The Telegraphs for helping me in

writing the manuscript

Hazra with teammate Sudipta Sengupta

Happy Vijaya

From Sudha and Tapan Chaudhuri 2019

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Happy Dussehra

From Usha and Swapan Saha 2019

Wish you all Happy Dussehra

From Dr Mahoua Ray and Dr Mayank Gupta 2019 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subho Vijaya

From Rachel Surojit Debjani Tripti and Debabrata Bhaduri 2019

Subho Vijaya From Kole Family 2019

Subho Vijaya From Konika and Ajay Pal 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Aveek Minati and Animesh 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Gouri and Subrata 2019

THE LIFE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN AMERICA

Ashim Mitra

Throughout the ages great personalities have landed on the shores of this new continent and left

their footprints behind Some of them influenced art and literature some science and education However Swami Vivekananda touched the very soul of the

American people He charmed audiences with his magical oratory and left an indelible mark on Americas spiritual development

The story of his journey to North America has

been told many times in many different ways It is the

story of a destitute unknown monk from an unrecognized organization representing an impoverished

nation To understand and appreciate it fully we have to retrace our steps back in time

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Dev guru of Vivekananda passed away in the summer of 1886 It

was a difficult time for his disciples Vivekananda felt the intense agony of separation from his guru

With 15 other disciples he moved to a dilapidate house in Baranagar from Cossipore and took the vow

of sannyas They underwent a lot of religious practices including deep meditation there At that time

they had no thought of whether the world even existed or not He wanted to lose himself in silent

meditation but the mundane duties of life brought him back He realized that he was not meant to live

the life of a recluse struggling for personal salvation He heard the inner call for a greater mission as

envisioned by his guru

Swamiji embarked on a long journey to explore and discover India He travelled from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari as a Parivrajak From the Himalayas to Kanyakumari During his travel Swami Vivekananda was deeply moved to see the appealing poverty of the masses He was the first religious leader in India to understand and openly declare that the real cause of Indias downfall was the neglect of the masses

During the course of his wanderings he heard about the Worlds Parliament of Religion to be held in Chicago His friends and admirers wanted him to attend the Parliament In the last lap of his pilgrimage across India he came to Kanyakumari He swam through the shark infested water to what is now called Vivekananda Rock As he sat on the rock he meditated deeply on India- her past present and future After three days of meditation he took the momentous decision to go to the west to raise money for the upliftment of India

He also had a vision He saw Sri Ramakrishna walking into ocean and beckoning for himto follow Earlier he had written a letter to Maa Sarada asking for her blessings At last he received her response He asked his followers to collect money for the journey He was also helped by the Maharaja of Mysore the Raja of Ramnad and the Raja of Khetri On 31

st May 1893 he sailed for America

from Mumbai (Bombay then) via Colombo Tokyo and Vancouver On the train journey from Vancouver to Chicago he encountered Miss Katherine Abbot Sanborn Very much impressed by his personality and appearance she gave him her card and invited him to be a guest in her house in Massachusetts Early days in Chicago Swamiji arrived in Chicago on 30

th July 1893 After his arrival he learned that the

Parliament of Religion was to be held couple of months later in September He also did not have the necessary paperwork including a letter of introduction that was needed to register for the event Not just that the date for registration had also already passed There was therefore no chance that Swamiji could be allowed to speak at the event Now only after a few

days in Chicago Swamiji realized that he was running out of money He then remembered that a lady by the name Katherine Abbott Sanborn who had offered him help should he need any Katherine Abbott Sanborn lived in Boston Massachussetts Swamiji decided to leave Chicago for Boston

Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn

His acquaintance with Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn was instrumental in his entry to the Parliament of Religions On August 1893 Swamiji reached Boston Kate Sanborn wrote in her memoirs Katharine Abbot Sanborn was a poet teacher lecturer above all a humanist She was not only his hostess in those early days she was also instrumental in introducing him to Professor Wright and other men and women of influence Professor JH Wright Professor JH Wright a

professor of Greek at Harvard University

encouraged Swamiji to introduce Hinduism in the Parliament of Religions He wrote about Swamiji to a number of important people connected with the parliament Prof Wright not only gave Swamiji a letter of introduction he also bought his tickets to Chicago

Return to Chicago Swamiji reached to Chicago on 9th

September To his dismay he found that he has lost the letter of introduction and the address of the committee Tired and hungry he spent the night in an empty boxcar

Next morning forgetting that he was in a foreign country he went begging for food as was the century old tradition of the Hindu monks People saw his rumpled clothes travel worn appearance and slammed their doors in his face Exhausted and resigning himself to the will of the almighty he sat down on the

roadside curb He thought of fighting back against all the odds He also knew that no great things were ever done without great

labor He submitted to the lord completely Mrs Hale an

influential lady living in the opposite house saw him and asked ldquoSir are you the Parliament of ReligionsrdquoSwamiji childlike as always poured out all his troubles

I have lost everything in the train I have no credentials and I do not know where to gordquo

ldquoI am tired and totally lost Mrs Hale invited him in her house gave him hot breakfast and saw to his immediate needs Later she took him to the office of the parliament of religion and introduced him to Dr Barrows the President of the

Parliament Swamiji never forgot the kindness and courtesy of Mrs Hale He became a part of the family until his death in 1902

Speech at the Parliament of Religion

The parliament of religion was an

adjunct to the world Columbian exposition

which was held in Chicago in 1893 to

celebrate the 400th

anniversary of the

discovery of America by Christopher

Columbus The first session of the

parliament was held on Monday

September 11 in the spacious hall of the

Art Institute It opened with a prayer after which the delegates were introduced one by one They read

their prepared speeches Swamiji had not prepared a speech for the occasion and he had never

addressed a public gathering before He kept postponing the speech In the afternoon when he could no

longer put off his turn he stood up inwardly bowed down to Devi S a r a swati and began to speak

ldquoSisters and brothers of Americardquo

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us I thank you in the name of most ancient orders of monks in the world I thank you in the name of the mother of religions I thank you in the names of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sect

ldquo Many thanks also to some of the speakers on this platform who referring to the delegates from the Orient have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands of idea of toleration I am proud to belong to a religion who has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance We believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true The present convention which is one of most august assemblies ever held is in itself a vindication a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in Gita Whosoever comes to me through whatsoever form I reach him all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to Me Sectarianism bigotry and its horrible descendant fanaticism have long possessed this beautiful earth They have filled the earth with violence drenched it often and often with human blood destroyed civilization and sent whole nation to despair Had it not been for these horrible demons human society would be far more advanced than it is now But their time has come and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanatism of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen and of all charitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goalsrdquo

I am a Hindu and I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the whole world is my little well The Christian sits in his little well and thinks that whole world is his well The Mohammedan sits in his little well and thinks that this is the whole world I have to thank you of America for the great attempt you are making to break down the barriers of this little world of ours and hope that in the future the lord will help you to accomplish of your purpose

From an Unknown Monk to Celebrity Swami Vivekananda shook not only America but the whole world with his speech New York Herald wrote After hearing his speech it seems that sending religious propagators to a country like India highly eminent in the field of religion is but sheer stupidity Harriet Monroe an editor and poet who was present at the Parliament later wrote in her autobiography Swami Vivekananda stole the whole show and captured the town

His personality his voice the fervor of his feelings the beauty of his message to the western world

1gave us a rare and perfect moment of supreme emotion It was a human eloquence at its highest pitch Following his success in the Parliament of religions Swamiji continued delivering lectures on Hindu philosophy He traveled to various parts of the United States including Madison Minneapolis Des Moines Detroit and Boston In November 1894 he established the Vedanta Society in New York Swamiji preached the gospel of the unity of religion and scattered the seeds of purity knowledge and faith His message to the world was

Assimilation and not destruction harmony and peace of dissention

He told his disciples in Calcutta America is where the feeling of brotherhood has been developed An

American meets you for five minutes on board a train and you are his friend The next moment he

invites you as a gmicroest to his house and opens his whole home to you

Swamiji returned to India after spending more than three years in the United States in January

1897 to establish the Ramkrishna Mission and carry on the work that his guru had bestowed on

Edited by Ranu Pal

Vijaya Greetings

From Anik Ankur Elizabeth Ranjana and

Ashim Overland Park Kansas 2019

_________________________________

Subho Vijaya

From Dolly and Ranjit Ganguly Kansas 2019

The male now transfers the chick to the motherrsquos feet and heads to the sea to feed The mother regurgitates part of what she has eaten all winter and feeds the fledgling Penguins mate for life and the couples will continue this cycle every year

As per the Antarctic Treaty we arenrsquot allowed to take any live animals out of the continent but I brought back a penguin chick that had died a spoilt penguin egghellip They are on display at the ZSI museum in New Alipore and the Indian Museum

Death amp disease

One of our team-mates got appendicitis but the doctors were not worried Antarctica is too cold even for bacteria so they removed his appendix without any fear of infection

Before heading out on this trip we underwent intense training We were made to sign a government bond and told in unambiguous terms that there was a 50-50 chance of survival in Antarctica Little did we know that four of us would indeed not be returning home

On January 8 three scientists amp a naval officer were found dead in a tent they had erected for research 70km ( Hmboult Mountain Range ) from our Base camp It was probably due to carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator they kept in their tent to run a heater They knew generators werenrsquot allowed in tents but perhaps the cold was unbearable

We were very upset as were the Russians who came down from their station to offer condolences (with the help of dictionaries)

Usually bodies of those who die in Antarctica are left there as a lasting tribute but we wanted to send our friends home We kept the bodies in coffins and a month later a Russian plane would carry them back

But so punishing was the weather that when the plane arrived we couldnrsquot find the coffins under the snow We had to get a bulldozer to do the job

Antarctica holds 90 per cent of the earthrsquos ice This is why global warming is such a concern If all that ice melts imagine how much the sea level would rise and how much of the rest of the world would get submerged

The place is pollution-free but ironically the ozone layer above it has got a hole We can draw political boundaries across the earth but pollution does not abide by it People in Europe and Asia could be using excessive air-conditioners and fridges but the effect is showing in the South Pole

Acknowledgement I am thankful to Brinda Sarkar of The Telegraphs for helping me in

writing the manuscript

Hazra with teammate Sudipta Sengupta

Happy Vijaya

From Sudha and Tapan Chaudhuri 2019

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Happy Dussehra

From Usha and Swapan Saha 2019

Wish you all Happy Dussehra

From Dr Mahoua Ray and Dr Mayank Gupta 2019 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subho Vijaya

From Rachel Surojit Debjani Tripti and Debabrata Bhaduri 2019

Subho Vijaya From Kole Family 2019

Subho Vijaya From Konika and Ajay Pal 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Aveek Minati and Animesh 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Gouri and Subrata 2019

THE LIFE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN AMERICA

Ashim Mitra

Throughout the ages great personalities have landed on the shores of this new continent and left

their footprints behind Some of them influenced art and literature some science and education However Swami Vivekananda touched the very soul of the

American people He charmed audiences with his magical oratory and left an indelible mark on Americas spiritual development

The story of his journey to North America has

been told many times in many different ways It is the

story of a destitute unknown monk from an unrecognized organization representing an impoverished

nation To understand and appreciate it fully we have to retrace our steps back in time

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Dev guru of Vivekananda passed away in the summer of 1886 It

was a difficult time for his disciples Vivekananda felt the intense agony of separation from his guru

With 15 other disciples he moved to a dilapidate house in Baranagar from Cossipore and took the vow

of sannyas They underwent a lot of religious practices including deep meditation there At that time

they had no thought of whether the world even existed or not He wanted to lose himself in silent

meditation but the mundane duties of life brought him back He realized that he was not meant to live

the life of a recluse struggling for personal salvation He heard the inner call for a greater mission as

envisioned by his guru

Swamiji embarked on a long journey to explore and discover India He travelled from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari as a Parivrajak From the Himalayas to Kanyakumari During his travel Swami Vivekananda was deeply moved to see the appealing poverty of the masses He was the first religious leader in India to understand and openly declare that the real cause of Indias downfall was the neglect of the masses

During the course of his wanderings he heard about the Worlds Parliament of Religion to be held in Chicago His friends and admirers wanted him to attend the Parliament In the last lap of his pilgrimage across India he came to Kanyakumari He swam through the shark infested water to what is now called Vivekananda Rock As he sat on the rock he meditated deeply on India- her past present and future After three days of meditation he took the momentous decision to go to the west to raise money for the upliftment of India

He also had a vision He saw Sri Ramakrishna walking into ocean and beckoning for himto follow Earlier he had written a letter to Maa Sarada asking for her blessings At last he received her response He asked his followers to collect money for the journey He was also helped by the Maharaja of Mysore the Raja of Ramnad and the Raja of Khetri On 31

st May 1893 he sailed for America

from Mumbai (Bombay then) via Colombo Tokyo and Vancouver On the train journey from Vancouver to Chicago he encountered Miss Katherine Abbot Sanborn Very much impressed by his personality and appearance she gave him her card and invited him to be a guest in her house in Massachusetts Early days in Chicago Swamiji arrived in Chicago on 30

th July 1893 After his arrival he learned that the

Parliament of Religion was to be held couple of months later in September He also did not have the necessary paperwork including a letter of introduction that was needed to register for the event Not just that the date for registration had also already passed There was therefore no chance that Swamiji could be allowed to speak at the event Now only after a few

days in Chicago Swamiji realized that he was running out of money He then remembered that a lady by the name Katherine Abbott Sanborn who had offered him help should he need any Katherine Abbott Sanborn lived in Boston Massachussetts Swamiji decided to leave Chicago for Boston

Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn

His acquaintance with Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn was instrumental in his entry to the Parliament of Religions On August 1893 Swamiji reached Boston Kate Sanborn wrote in her memoirs Katharine Abbot Sanborn was a poet teacher lecturer above all a humanist She was not only his hostess in those early days she was also instrumental in introducing him to Professor Wright and other men and women of influence Professor JH Wright Professor JH Wright a

professor of Greek at Harvard University

encouraged Swamiji to introduce Hinduism in the Parliament of Religions He wrote about Swamiji to a number of important people connected with the parliament Prof Wright not only gave Swamiji a letter of introduction he also bought his tickets to Chicago

Return to Chicago Swamiji reached to Chicago on 9th

September To his dismay he found that he has lost the letter of introduction and the address of the committee Tired and hungry he spent the night in an empty boxcar

Next morning forgetting that he was in a foreign country he went begging for food as was the century old tradition of the Hindu monks People saw his rumpled clothes travel worn appearance and slammed their doors in his face Exhausted and resigning himself to the will of the almighty he sat down on the

roadside curb He thought of fighting back against all the odds He also knew that no great things were ever done without great

labor He submitted to the lord completely Mrs Hale an

influential lady living in the opposite house saw him and asked ldquoSir are you the Parliament of ReligionsrdquoSwamiji childlike as always poured out all his troubles

I have lost everything in the train I have no credentials and I do not know where to gordquo

ldquoI am tired and totally lost Mrs Hale invited him in her house gave him hot breakfast and saw to his immediate needs Later she took him to the office of the parliament of religion and introduced him to Dr Barrows the President of the

Parliament Swamiji never forgot the kindness and courtesy of Mrs Hale He became a part of the family until his death in 1902

Speech at the Parliament of Religion

The parliament of religion was an

adjunct to the world Columbian exposition

which was held in Chicago in 1893 to

celebrate the 400th

anniversary of the

discovery of America by Christopher

Columbus The first session of the

parliament was held on Monday

September 11 in the spacious hall of the

Art Institute It opened with a prayer after which the delegates were introduced one by one They read

their prepared speeches Swamiji had not prepared a speech for the occasion and he had never

addressed a public gathering before He kept postponing the speech In the afternoon when he could no

longer put off his turn he stood up inwardly bowed down to Devi S a r a swati and began to speak

ldquoSisters and brothers of Americardquo

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us I thank you in the name of most ancient orders of monks in the world I thank you in the name of the mother of religions I thank you in the names of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sect

ldquo Many thanks also to some of the speakers on this platform who referring to the delegates from the Orient have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands of idea of toleration I am proud to belong to a religion who has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance We believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true The present convention which is one of most august assemblies ever held is in itself a vindication a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in Gita Whosoever comes to me through whatsoever form I reach him all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to Me Sectarianism bigotry and its horrible descendant fanaticism have long possessed this beautiful earth They have filled the earth with violence drenched it often and often with human blood destroyed civilization and sent whole nation to despair Had it not been for these horrible demons human society would be far more advanced than it is now But their time has come and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanatism of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen and of all charitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goalsrdquo

I am a Hindu and I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the whole world is my little well The Christian sits in his little well and thinks that whole world is his well The Mohammedan sits in his little well and thinks that this is the whole world I have to thank you of America for the great attempt you are making to break down the barriers of this little world of ours and hope that in the future the lord will help you to accomplish of your purpose

From an Unknown Monk to Celebrity Swami Vivekananda shook not only America but the whole world with his speech New York Herald wrote After hearing his speech it seems that sending religious propagators to a country like India highly eminent in the field of religion is but sheer stupidity Harriet Monroe an editor and poet who was present at the Parliament later wrote in her autobiography Swami Vivekananda stole the whole show and captured the town

His personality his voice the fervor of his feelings the beauty of his message to the western world

1gave us a rare and perfect moment of supreme emotion It was a human eloquence at its highest pitch Following his success in the Parliament of religions Swamiji continued delivering lectures on Hindu philosophy He traveled to various parts of the United States including Madison Minneapolis Des Moines Detroit and Boston In November 1894 he established the Vedanta Society in New York Swamiji preached the gospel of the unity of religion and scattered the seeds of purity knowledge and faith His message to the world was

Assimilation and not destruction harmony and peace of dissention

He told his disciples in Calcutta America is where the feeling of brotherhood has been developed An

American meets you for five minutes on board a train and you are his friend The next moment he

invites you as a gmicroest to his house and opens his whole home to you

Swamiji returned to India after spending more than three years in the United States in January

1897 to establish the Ramkrishna Mission and carry on the work that his guru had bestowed on

Edited by Ranu Pal

Vijaya Greetings

From Anik Ankur Elizabeth Ranjana and

Ashim Overland Park Kansas 2019

_________________________________

Subho Vijaya

From Dolly and Ranjit Ganguly Kansas 2019

Happy Vijaya

From Sudha and Tapan Chaudhuri 2019

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Happy Dussehra

From Usha and Swapan Saha 2019

Wish you all Happy Dussehra

From Dr Mahoua Ray and Dr Mayank Gupta 2019 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subho Vijaya

From Rachel Surojit Debjani Tripti and Debabrata Bhaduri 2019

Subho Vijaya From Kole Family 2019

Subho Vijaya From Konika and Ajay Pal 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Aveek Minati and Animesh 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Gouri and Subrata 2019

THE LIFE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN AMERICA

Ashim Mitra

Throughout the ages great personalities have landed on the shores of this new continent and left

their footprints behind Some of them influenced art and literature some science and education However Swami Vivekananda touched the very soul of the

American people He charmed audiences with his magical oratory and left an indelible mark on Americas spiritual development

The story of his journey to North America has

been told many times in many different ways It is the

story of a destitute unknown monk from an unrecognized organization representing an impoverished

nation To understand and appreciate it fully we have to retrace our steps back in time

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Dev guru of Vivekananda passed away in the summer of 1886 It

was a difficult time for his disciples Vivekananda felt the intense agony of separation from his guru

With 15 other disciples he moved to a dilapidate house in Baranagar from Cossipore and took the vow

of sannyas They underwent a lot of religious practices including deep meditation there At that time

they had no thought of whether the world even existed or not He wanted to lose himself in silent

meditation but the mundane duties of life brought him back He realized that he was not meant to live

the life of a recluse struggling for personal salvation He heard the inner call for a greater mission as

envisioned by his guru

Swamiji embarked on a long journey to explore and discover India He travelled from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari as a Parivrajak From the Himalayas to Kanyakumari During his travel Swami Vivekananda was deeply moved to see the appealing poverty of the masses He was the first religious leader in India to understand and openly declare that the real cause of Indias downfall was the neglect of the masses

During the course of his wanderings he heard about the Worlds Parliament of Religion to be held in Chicago His friends and admirers wanted him to attend the Parliament In the last lap of his pilgrimage across India he came to Kanyakumari He swam through the shark infested water to what is now called Vivekananda Rock As he sat on the rock he meditated deeply on India- her past present and future After three days of meditation he took the momentous decision to go to the west to raise money for the upliftment of India

He also had a vision He saw Sri Ramakrishna walking into ocean and beckoning for himto follow Earlier he had written a letter to Maa Sarada asking for her blessings At last he received her response He asked his followers to collect money for the journey He was also helped by the Maharaja of Mysore the Raja of Ramnad and the Raja of Khetri On 31

st May 1893 he sailed for America

from Mumbai (Bombay then) via Colombo Tokyo and Vancouver On the train journey from Vancouver to Chicago he encountered Miss Katherine Abbot Sanborn Very much impressed by his personality and appearance she gave him her card and invited him to be a guest in her house in Massachusetts Early days in Chicago Swamiji arrived in Chicago on 30

th July 1893 After his arrival he learned that the

Parliament of Religion was to be held couple of months later in September He also did not have the necessary paperwork including a letter of introduction that was needed to register for the event Not just that the date for registration had also already passed There was therefore no chance that Swamiji could be allowed to speak at the event Now only after a few

days in Chicago Swamiji realized that he was running out of money He then remembered that a lady by the name Katherine Abbott Sanborn who had offered him help should he need any Katherine Abbott Sanborn lived in Boston Massachussetts Swamiji decided to leave Chicago for Boston

Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn

His acquaintance with Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn was instrumental in his entry to the Parliament of Religions On August 1893 Swamiji reached Boston Kate Sanborn wrote in her memoirs Katharine Abbot Sanborn was a poet teacher lecturer above all a humanist She was not only his hostess in those early days she was also instrumental in introducing him to Professor Wright and other men and women of influence Professor JH Wright Professor JH Wright a

professor of Greek at Harvard University

encouraged Swamiji to introduce Hinduism in the Parliament of Religions He wrote about Swamiji to a number of important people connected with the parliament Prof Wright not only gave Swamiji a letter of introduction he also bought his tickets to Chicago

Return to Chicago Swamiji reached to Chicago on 9th

September To his dismay he found that he has lost the letter of introduction and the address of the committee Tired and hungry he spent the night in an empty boxcar

Next morning forgetting that he was in a foreign country he went begging for food as was the century old tradition of the Hindu monks People saw his rumpled clothes travel worn appearance and slammed their doors in his face Exhausted and resigning himself to the will of the almighty he sat down on the

roadside curb He thought of fighting back against all the odds He also knew that no great things were ever done without great

labor He submitted to the lord completely Mrs Hale an

influential lady living in the opposite house saw him and asked ldquoSir are you the Parliament of ReligionsrdquoSwamiji childlike as always poured out all his troubles

I have lost everything in the train I have no credentials and I do not know where to gordquo

ldquoI am tired and totally lost Mrs Hale invited him in her house gave him hot breakfast and saw to his immediate needs Later she took him to the office of the parliament of religion and introduced him to Dr Barrows the President of the

Parliament Swamiji never forgot the kindness and courtesy of Mrs Hale He became a part of the family until his death in 1902

Speech at the Parliament of Religion

The parliament of religion was an

adjunct to the world Columbian exposition

which was held in Chicago in 1893 to

celebrate the 400th

anniversary of the

discovery of America by Christopher

Columbus The first session of the

parliament was held on Monday

September 11 in the spacious hall of the

Art Institute It opened with a prayer after which the delegates were introduced one by one They read

their prepared speeches Swamiji had not prepared a speech for the occasion and he had never

addressed a public gathering before He kept postponing the speech In the afternoon when he could no

longer put off his turn he stood up inwardly bowed down to Devi S a r a swati and began to speak

ldquoSisters and brothers of Americardquo

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us I thank you in the name of most ancient orders of monks in the world I thank you in the name of the mother of religions I thank you in the names of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sect

ldquo Many thanks also to some of the speakers on this platform who referring to the delegates from the Orient have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands of idea of toleration I am proud to belong to a religion who has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance We believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true The present convention which is one of most august assemblies ever held is in itself a vindication a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in Gita Whosoever comes to me through whatsoever form I reach him all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to Me Sectarianism bigotry and its horrible descendant fanaticism have long possessed this beautiful earth They have filled the earth with violence drenched it often and often with human blood destroyed civilization and sent whole nation to despair Had it not been for these horrible demons human society would be far more advanced than it is now But their time has come and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanatism of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen and of all charitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goalsrdquo

I am a Hindu and I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the whole world is my little well The Christian sits in his little well and thinks that whole world is his well The Mohammedan sits in his little well and thinks that this is the whole world I have to thank you of America for the great attempt you are making to break down the barriers of this little world of ours and hope that in the future the lord will help you to accomplish of your purpose

From an Unknown Monk to Celebrity Swami Vivekananda shook not only America but the whole world with his speech New York Herald wrote After hearing his speech it seems that sending religious propagators to a country like India highly eminent in the field of religion is but sheer stupidity Harriet Monroe an editor and poet who was present at the Parliament later wrote in her autobiography Swami Vivekananda stole the whole show and captured the town

His personality his voice the fervor of his feelings the beauty of his message to the western world

1gave us a rare and perfect moment of supreme emotion It was a human eloquence at its highest pitch Following his success in the Parliament of religions Swamiji continued delivering lectures on Hindu philosophy He traveled to various parts of the United States including Madison Minneapolis Des Moines Detroit and Boston In November 1894 he established the Vedanta Society in New York Swamiji preached the gospel of the unity of religion and scattered the seeds of purity knowledge and faith His message to the world was

Assimilation and not destruction harmony and peace of dissention

He told his disciples in Calcutta America is where the feeling of brotherhood has been developed An

American meets you for five minutes on board a train and you are his friend The next moment he

invites you as a gmicroest to his house and opens his whole home to you

Swamiji returned to India after spending more than three years in the United States in January

1897 to establish the Ramkrishna Mission and carry on the work that his guru had bestowed on

Edited by Ranu Pal

Vijaya Greetings

From Anik Ankur Elizabeth Ranjana and

Ashim Overland Park Kansas 2019

_________________________________

Subho Vijaya

From Dolly and Ranjit Ganguly Kansas 2019

Wish you all Happy Dussehra

From Dr Mahoua Ray and Dr Mayank Gupta 2019 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subho Vijaya

From Rachel Surojit Debjani Tripti and Debabrata Bhaduri 2019

Subho Vijaya From Kole Family 2019

Subho Vijaya From Konika and Ajay Pal 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Aveek Minati and Animesh 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Gouri and Subrata 2019

THE LIFE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN AMERICA

Ashim Mitra

Throughout the ages great personalities have landed on the shores of this new continent and left

their footprints behind Some of them influenced art and literature some science and education However Swami Vivekananda touched the very soul of the

American people He charmed audiences with his magical oratory and left an indelible mark on Americas spiritual development

The story of his journey to North America has

been told many times in many different ways It is the

story of a destitute unknown monk from an unrecognized organization representing an impoverished

nation To understand and appreciate it fully we have to retrace our steps back in time

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Dev guru of Vivekananda passed away in the summer of 1886 It

was a difficult time for his disciples Vivekananda felt the intense agony of separation from his guru

With 15 other disciples he moved to a dilapidate house in Baranagar from Cossipore and took the vow

of sannyas They underwent a lot of religious practices including deep meditation there At that time

they had no thought of whether the world even existed or not He wanted to lose himself in silent

meditation but the mundane duties of life brought him back He realized that he was not meant to live

the life of a recluse struggling for personal salvation He heard the inner call for a greater mission as

envisioned by his guru

Swamiji embarked on a long journey to explore and discover India He travelled from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari as a Parivrajak From the Himalayas to Kanyakumari During his travel Swami Vivekananda was deeply moved to see the appealing poverty of the masses He was the first religious leader in India to understand and openly declare that the real cause of Indias downfall was the neglect of the masses

During the course of his wanderings he heard about the Worlds Parliament of Religion to be held in Chicago His friends and admirers wanted him to attend the Parliament In the last lap of his pilgrimage across India he came to Kanyakumari He swam through the shark infested water to what is now called Vivekananda Rock As he sat on the rock he meditated deeply on India- her past present and future After three days of meditation he took the momentous decision to go to the west to raise money for the upliftment of India

He also had a vision He saw Sri Ramakrishna walking into ocean and beckoning for himto follow Earlier he had written a letter to Maa Sarada asking for her blessings At last he received her response He asked his followers to collect money for the journey He was also helped by the Maharaja of Mysore the Raja of Ramnad and the Raja of Khetri On 31

st May 1893 he sailed for America

from Mumbai (Bombay then) via Colombo Tokyo and Vancouver On the train journey from Vancouver to Chicago he encountered Miss Katherine Abbot Sanborn Very much impressed by his personality and appearance she gave him her card and invited him to be a guest in her house in Massachusetts Early days in Chicago Swamiji arrived in Chicago on 30

th July 1893 After his arrival he learned that the

Parliament of Religion was to be held couple of months later in September He also did not have the necessary paperwork including a letter of introduction that was needed to register for the event Not just that the date for registration had also already passed There was therefore no chance that Swamiji could be allowed to speak at the event Now only after a few

days in Chicago Swamiji realized that he was running out of money He then remembered that a lady by the name Katherine Abbott Sanborn who had offered him help should he need any Katherine Abbott Sanborn lived in Boston Massachussetts Swamiji decided to leave Chicago for Boston

Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn

His acquaintance with Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn was instrumental in his entry to the Parliament of Religions On August 1893 Swamiji reached Boston Kate Sanborn wrote in her memoirs Katharine Abbot Sanborn was a poet teacher lecturer above all a humanist She was not only his hostess in those early days she was also instrumental in introducing him to Professor Wright and other men and women of influence Professor JH Wright Professor JH Wright a

professor of Greek at Harvard University

encouraged Swamiji to introduce Hinduism in the Parliament of Religions He wrote about Swamiji to a number of important people connected with the parliament Prof Wright not only gave Swamiji a letter of introduction he also bought his tickets to Chicago

Return to Chicago Swamiji reached to Chicago on 9th

September To his dismay he found that he has lost the letter of introduction and the address of the committee Tired and hungry he spent the night in an empty boxcar

Next morning forgetting that he was in a foreign country he went begging for food as was the century old tradition of the Hindu monks People saw his rumpled clothes travel worn appearance and slammed their doors in his face Exhausted and resigning himself to the will of the almighty he sat down on the

roadside curb He thought of fighting back against all the odds He also knew that no great things were ever done without great

labor He submitted to the lord completely Mrs Hale an

influential lady living in the opposite house saw him and asked ldquoSir are you the Parliament of ReligionsrdquoSwamiji childlike as always poured out all his troubles

I have lost everything in the train I have no credentials and I do not know where to gordquo

ldquoI am tired and totally lost Mrs Hale invited him in her house gave him hot breakfast and saw to his immediate needs Later she took him to the office of the parliament of religion and introduced him to Dr Barrows the President of the

Parliament Swamiji never forgot the kindness and courtesy of Mrs Hale He became a part of the family until his death in 1902

Speech at the Parliament of Religion

The parliament of religion was an

adjunct to the world Columbian exposition

which was held in Chicago in 1893 to

celebrate the 400th

anniversary of the

discovery of America by Christopher

Columbus The first session of the

parliament was held on Monday

September 11 in the spacious hall of the

Art Institute It opened with a prayer after which the delegates were introduced one by one They read

their prepared speeches Swamiji had not prepared a speech for the occasion and he had never

addressed a public gathering before He kept postponing the speech In the afternoon when he could no

longer put off his turn he stood up inwardly bowed down to Devi S a r a swati and began to speak

ldquoSisters and brothers of Americardquo

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us I thank you in the name of most ancient orders of monks in the world I thank you in the name of the mother of religions I thank you in the names of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sect

ldquo Many thanks also to some of the speakers on this platform who referring to the delegates from the Orient have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands of idea of toleration I am proud to belong to a religion who has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance We believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true The present convention which is one of most august assemblies ever held is in itself a vindication a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in Gita Whosoever comes to me through whatsoever form I reach him all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to Me Sectarianism bigotry and its horrible descendant fanaticism have long possessed this beautiful earth They have filled the earth with violence drenched it often and often with human blood destroyed civilization and sent whole nation to despair Had it not been for these horrible demons human society would be far more advanced than it is now But their time has come and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanatism of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen and of all charitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goalsrdquo

I am a Hindu and I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the whole world is my little well The Christian sits in his little well and thinks that whole world is his well The Mohammedan sits in his little well and thinks that this is the whole world I have to thank you of America for the great attempt you are making to break down the barriers of this little world of ours and hope that in the future the lord will help you to accomplish of your purpose

From an Unknown Monk to Celebrity Swami Vivekananda shook not only America but the whole world with his speech New York Herald wrote After hearing his speech it seems that sending religious propagators to a country like India highly eminent in the field of religion is but sheer stupidity Harriet Monroe an editor and poet who was present at the Parliament later wrote in her autobiography Swami Vivekananda stole the whole show and captured the town

His personality his voice the fervor of his feelings the beauty of his message to the western world

1gave us a rare and perfect moment of supreme emotion It was a human eloquence at its highest pitch Following his success in the Parliament of religions Swamiji continued delivering lectures on Hindu philosophy He traveled to various parts of the United States including Madison Minneapolis Des Moines Detroit and Boston In November 1894 he established the Vedanta Society in New York Swamiji preached the gospel of the unity of religion and scattered the seeds of purity knowledge and faith His message to the world was

Assimilation and not destruction harmony and peace of dissention

He told his disciples in Calcutta America is where the feeling of brotherhood has been developed An

American meets you for five minutes on board a train and you are his friend The next moment he

invites you as a gmicroest to his house and opens his whole home to you

Swamiji returned to India after spending more than three years in the United States in January

1897 to establish the Ramkrishna Mission and carry on the work that his guru had bestowed on

Edited by Ranu Pal

Vijaya Greetings

From Anik Ankur Elizabeth Ranjana and

Ashim Overland Park Kansas 2019

_________________________________

Subho Vijaya

From Dolly and Ranjit Ganguly Kansas 2019

Subho Vijaya From Kole Family 2019

Subho Vijaya From Konika and Ajay Pal 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Aveek Minati and Animesh 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Gouri and Subrata 2019

THE LIFE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN AMERICA

Ashim Mitra

Throughout the ages great personalities have landed on the shores of this new continent and left

their footprints behind Some of them influenced art and literature some science and education However Swami Vivekananda touched the very soul of the

American people He charmed audiences with his magical oratory and left an indelible mark on Americas spiritual development

The story of his journey to North America has

been told many times in many different ways It is the

story of a destitute unknown monk from an unrecognized organization representing an impoverished

nation To understand and appreciate it fully we have to retrace our steps back in time

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Dev guru of Vivekananda passed away in the summer of 1886 It

was a difficult time for his disciples Vivekananda felt the intense agony of separation from his guru

With 15 other disciples he moved to a dilapidate house in Baranagar from Cossipore and took the vow

of sannyas They underwent a lot of religious practices including deep meditation there At that time

they had no thought of whether the world even existed or not He wanted to lose himself in silent

meditation but the mundane duties of life brought him back He realized that he was not meant to live

the life of a recluse struggling for personal salvation He heard the inner call for a greater mission as

envisioned by his guru

Swamiji embarked on a long journey to explore and discover India He travelled from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari as a Parivrajak From the Himalayas to Kanyakumari During his travel Swami Vivekananda was deeply moved to see the appealing poverty of the masses He was the first religious leader in India to understand and openly declare that the real cause of Indias downfall was the neglect of the masses

During the course of his wanderings he heard about the Worlds Parliament of Religion to be held in Chicago His friends and admirers wanted him to attend the Parliament In the last lap of his pilgrimage across India he came to Kanyakumari He swam through the shark infested water to what is now called Vivekananda Rock As he sat on the rock he meditated deeply on India- her past present and future After three days of meditation he took the momentous decision to go to the west to raise money for the upliftment of India

He also had a vision He saw Sri Ramakrishna walking into ocean and beckoning for himto follow Earlier he had written a letter to Maa Sarada asking for her blessings At last he received her response He asked his followers to collect money for the journey He was also helped by the Maharaja of Mysore the Raja of Ramnad and the Raja of Khetri On 31

st May 1893 he sailed for America

from Mumbai (Bombay then) via Colombo Tokyo and Vancouver On the train journey from Vancouver to Chicago he encountered Miss Katherine Abbot Sanborn Very much impressed by his personality and appearance she gave him her card and invited him to be a guest in her house in Massachusetts Early days in Chicago Swamiji arrived in Chicago on 30

th July 1893 After his arrival he learned that the

Parliament of Religion was to be held couple of months later in September He also did not have the necessary paperwork including a letter of introduction that was needed to register for the event Not just that the date for registration had also already passed There was therefore no chance that Swamiji could be allowed to speak at the event Now only after a few

days in Chicago Swamiji realized that he was running out of money He then remembered that a lady by the name Katherine Abbott Sanborn who had offered him help should he need any Katherine Abbott Sanborn lived in Boston Massachussetts Swamiji decided to leave Chicago for Boston

Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn

His acquaintance with Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn was instrumental in his entry to the Parliament of Religions On August 1893 Swamiji reached Boston Kate Sanborn wrote in her memoirs Katharine Abbot Sanborn was a poet teacher lecturer above all a humanist She was not only his hostess in those early days she was also instrumental in introducing him to Professor Wright and other men and women of influence Professor JH Wright Professor JH Wright a

professor of Greek at Harvard University

encouraged Swamiji to introduce Hinduism in the Parliament of Religions He wrote about Swamiji to a number of important people connected with the parliament Prof Wright not only gave Swamiji a letter of introduction he also bought his tickets to Chicago

Return to Chicago Swamiji reached to Chicago on 9th

September To his dismay he found that he has lost the letter of introduction and the address of the committee Tired and hungry he spent the night in an empty boxcar

Next morning forgetting that he was in a foreign country he went begging for food as was the century old tradition of the Hindu monks People saw his rumpled clothes travel worn appearance and slammed their doors in his face Exhausted and resigning himself to the will of the almighty he sat down on the

roadside curb He thought of fighting back against all the odds He also knew that no great things were ever done without great

labor He submitted to the lord completely Mrs Hale an

influential lady living in the opposite house saw him and asked ldquoSir are you the Parliament of ReligionsrdquoSwamiji childlike as always poured out all his troubles

I have lost everything in the train I have no credentials and I do not know where to gordquo

ldquoI am tired and totally lost Mrs Hale invited him in her house gave him hot breakfast and saw to his immediate needs Later she took him to the office of the parliament of religion and introduced him to Dr Barrows the President of the

Parliament Swamiji never forgot the kindness and courtesy of Mrs Hale He became a part of the family until his death in 1902

Speech at the Parliament of Religion

The parliament of religion was an

adjunct to the world Columbian exposition

which was held in Chicago in 1893 to

celebrate the 400th

anniversary of the

discovery of America by Christopher

Columbus The first session of the

parliament was held on Monday

September 11 in the spacious hall of the

Art Institute It opened with a prayer after which the delegates were introduced one by one They read

their prepared speeches Swamiji had not prepared a speech for the occasion and he had never

addressed a public gathering before He kept postponing the speech In the afternoon when he could no

longer put off his turn he stood up inwardly bowed down to Devi S a r a swati and began to speak

ldquoSisters and brothers of Americardquo

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us I thank you in the name of most ancient orders of monks in the world I thank you in the name of the mother of religions I thank you in the names of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sect

ldquo Many thanks also to some of the speakers on this platform who referring to the delegates from the Orient have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands of idea of toleration I am proud to belong to a religion who has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance We believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true The present convention which is one of most august assemblies ever held is in itself a vindication a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in Gita Whosoever comes to me through whatsoever form I reach him all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to Me Sectarianism bigotry and its horrible descendant fanaticism have long possessed this beautiful earth They have filled the earth with violence drenched it often and often with human blood destroyed civilization and sent whole nation to despair Had it not been for these horrible demons human society would be far more advanced than it is now But their time has come and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanatism of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen and of all charitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goalsrdquo

I am a Hindu and I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the whole world is my little well The Christian sits in his little well and thinks that whole world is his well The Mohammedan sits in his little well and thinks that this is the whole world I have to thank you of America for the great attempt you are making to break down the barriers of this little world of ours and hope that in the future the lord will help you to accomplish of your purpose

From an Unknown Monk to Celebrity Swami Vivekananda shook not only America but the whole world with his speech New York Herald wrote After hearing his speech it seems that sending religious propagators to a country like India highly eminent in the field of religion is but sheer stupidity Harriet Monroe an editor and poet who was present at the Parliament later wrote in her autobiography Swami Vivekananda stole the whole show and captured the town

His personality his voice the fervor of his feelings the beauty of his message to the western world

1gave us a rare and perfect moment of supreme emotion It was a human eloquence at its highest pitch Following his success in the Parliament of religions Swamiji continued delivering lectures on Hindu philosophy He traveled to various parts of the United States including Madison Minneapolis Des Moines Detroit and Boston In November 1894 he established the Vedanta Society in New York Swamiji preached the gospel of the unity of religion and scattered the seeds of purity knowledge and faith His message to the world was

Assimilation and not destruction harmony and peace of dissention

He told his disciples in Calcutta America is where the feeling of brotherhood has been developed An

American meets you for five minutes on board a train and you are his friend The next moment he

invites you as a gmicroest to his house and opens his whole home to you

Swamiji returned to India after spending more than three years in the United States in January

1897 to establish the Ramkrishna Mission and carry on the work that his guru had bestowed on

Edited by Ranu Pal

Vijaya Greetings

From Anik Ankur Elizabeth Ranjana and

Ashim Overland Park Kansas 2019

_________________________________

Subho Vijaya

From Dolly and Ranjit Ganguly Kansas 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Aveek Minati and Animesh 2019

Subho Vijaya

From Gouri and Subrata 2019

THE LIFE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN AMERICA

Ashim Mitra

Throughout the ages great personalities have landed on the shores of this new continent and left

their footprints behind Some of them influenced art and literature some science and education However Swami Vivekananda touched the very soul of the

American people He charmed audiences with his magical oratory and left an indelible mark on Americas spiritual development

The story of his journey to North America has

been told many times in many different ways It is the

story of a destitute unknown monk from an unrecognized organization representing an impoverished

nation To understand and appreciate it fully we have to retrace our steps back in time

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Dev guru of Vivekananda passed away in the summer of 1886 It

was a difficult time for his disciples Vivekananda felt the intense agony of separation from his guru

With 15 other disciples he moved to a dilapidate house in Baranagar from Cossipore and took the vow

of sannyas They underwent a lot of religious practices including deep meditation there At that time

they had no thought of whether the world even existed or not He wanted to lose himself in silent

meditation but the mundane duties of life brought him back He realized that he was not meant to live

the life of a recluse struggling for personal salvation He heard the inner call for a greater mission as

envisioned by his guru

Swamiji embarked on a long journey to explore and discover India He travelled from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari as a Parivrajak From the Himalayas to Kanyakumari During his travel Swami Vivekananda was deeply moved to see the appealing poverty of the masses He was the first religious leader in India to understand and openly declare that the real cause of Indias downfall was the neglect of the masses

During the course of his wanderings he heard about the Worlds Parliament of Religion to be held in Chicago His friends and admirers wanted him to attend the Parliament In the last lap of his pilgrimage across India he came to Kanyakumari He swam through the shark infested water to what is now called Vivekananda Rock As he sat on the rock he meditated deeply on India- her past present and future After three days of meditation he took the momentous decision to go to the west to raise money for the upliftment of India

He also had a vision He saw Sri Ramakrishna walking into ocean and beckoning for himto follow Earlier he had written a letter to Maa Sarada asking for her blessings At last he received her response He asked his followers to collect money for the journey He was also helped by the Maharaja of Mysore the Raja of Ramnad and the Raja of Khetri On 31

st May 1893 he sailed for America

from Mumbai (Bombay then) via Colombo Tokyo and Vancouver On the train journey from Vancouver to Chicago he encountered Miss Katherine Abbot Sanborn Very much impressed by his personality and appearance she gave him her card and invited him to be a guest in her house in Massachusetts Early days in Chicago Swamiji arrived in Chicago on 30

th July 1893 After his arrival he learned that the

Parliament of Religion was to be held couple of months later in September He also did not have the necessary paperwork including a letter of introduction that was needed to register for the event Not just that the date for registration had also already passed There was therefore no chance that Swamiji could be allowed to speak at the event Now only after a few

days in Chicago Swamiji realized that he was running out of money He then remembered that a lady by the name Katherine Abbott Sanborn who had offered him help should he need any Katherine Abbott Sanborn lived in Boston Massachussetts Swamiji decided to leave Chicago for Boston

Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn

His acquaintance with Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn was instrumental in his entry to the Parliament of Religions On August 1893 Swamiji reached Boston Kate Sanborn wrote in her memoirs Katharine Abbot Sanborn was a poet teacher lecturer above all a humanist She was not only his hostess in those early days she was also instrumental in introducing him to Professor Wright and other men and women of influence Professor JH Wright Professor JH Wright a

professor of Greek at Harvard University

encouraged Swamiji to introduce Hinduism in the Parliament of Religions He wrote about Swamiji to a number of important people connected with the parliament Prof Wright not only gave Swamiji a letter of introduction he also bought his tickets to Chicago

Return to Chicago Swamiji reached to Chicago on 9th

September To his dismay he found that he has lost the letter of introduction and the address of the committee Tired and hungry he spent the night in an empty boxcar

Next morning forgetting that he was in a foreign country he went begging for food as was the century old tradition of the Hindu monks People saw his rumpled clothes travel worn appearance and slammed their doors in his face Exhausted and resigning himself to the will of the almighty he sat down on the

roadside curb He thought of fighting back against all the odds He also knew that no great things were ever done without great

labor He submitted to the lord completely Mrs Hale an

influential lady living in the opposite house saw him and asked ldquoSir are you the Parliament of ReligionsrdquoSwamiji childlike as always poured out all his troubles

I have lost everything in the train I have no credentials and I do not know where to gordquo

ldquoI am tired and totally lost Mrs Hale invited him in her house gave him hot breakfast and saw to his immediate needs Later she took him to the office of the parliament of religion and introduced him to Dr Barrows the President of the

Parliament Swamiji never forgot the kindness and courtesy of Mrs Hale He became a part of the family until his death in 1902

Speech at the Parliament of Religion

The parliament of religion was an

adjunct to the world Columbian exposition

which was held in Chicago in 1893 to

celebrate the 400th

anniversary of the

discovery of America by Christopher

Columbus The first session of the

parliament was held on Monday

September 11 in the spacious hall of the

Art Institute It opened with a prayer after which the delegates were introduced one by one They read

their prepared speeches Swamiji had not prepared a speech for the occasion and he had never

addressed a public gathering before He kept postponing the speech In the afternoon when he could no

longer put off his turn he stood up inwardly bowed down to Devi S a r a swati and began to speak

ldquoSisters and brothers of Americardquo

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us I thank you in the name of most ancient orders of monks in the world I thank you in the name of the mother of religions I thank you in the names of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sect

ldquo Many thanks also to some of the speakers on this platform who referring to the delegates from the Orient have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands of idea of toleration I am proud to belong to a religion who has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance We believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true The present convention which is one of most august assemblies ever held is in itself a vindication a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in Gita Whosoever comes to me through whatsoever form I reach him all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to Me Sectarianism bigotry and its horrible descendant fanaticism have long possessed this beautiful earth They have filled the earth with violence drenched it often and often with human blood destroyed civilization and sent whole nation to despair Had it not been for these horrible demons human society would be far more advanced than it is now But their time has come and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanatism of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen and of all charitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goalsrdquo

I am a Hindu and I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the whole world is my little well The Christian sits in his little well and thinks that whole world is his well The Mohammedan sits in his little well and thinks that this is the whole world I have to thank you of America for the great attempt you are making to break down the barriers of this little world of ours and hope that in the future the lord will help you to accomplish of your purpose

From an Unknown Monk to Celebrity Swami Vivekananda shook not only America but the whole world with his speech New York Herald wrote After hearing his speech it seems that sending religious propagators to a country like India highly eminent in the field of religion is but sheer stupidity Harriet Monroe an editor and poet who was present at the Parliament later wrote in her autobiography Swami Vivekananda stole the whole show and captured the town

His personality his voice the fervor of his feelings the beauty of his message to the western world

1gave us a rare and perfect moment of supreme emotion It was a human eloquence at its highest pitch Following his success in the Parliament of religions Swamiji continued delivering lectures on Hindu philosophy He traveled to various parts of the United States including Madison Minneapolis Des Moines Detroit and Boston In November 1894 he established the Vedanta Society in New York Swamiji preached the gospel of the unity of religion and scattered the seeds of purity knowledge and faith His message to the world was

Assimilation and not destruction harmony and peace of dissention

He told his disciples in Calcutta America is where the feeling of brotherhood has been developed An

American meets you for five minutes on board a train and you are his friend The next moment he

invites you as a gmicroest to his house and opens his whole home to you

Swamiji returned to India after spending more than three years in the United States in January

1897 to establish the Ramkrishna Mission and carry on the work that his guru had bestowed on

Edited by Ranu Pal

Vijaya Greetings

From Anik Ankur Elizabeth Ranjana and

Ashim Overland Park Kansas 2019

_________________________________

Subho Vijaya

From Dolly and Ranjit Ganguly Kansas 2019

THE LIFE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN AMERICA

Ashim Mitra

Throughout the ages great personalities have landed on the shores of this new continent and left

their footprints behind Some of them influenced art and literature some science and education However Swami Vivekananda touched the very soul of the

American people He charmed audiences with his magical oratory and left an indelible mark on Americas spiritual development

The story of his journey to North America has

been told many times in many different ways It is the

story of a destitute unknown monk from an unrecognized organization representing an impoverished

nation To understand and appreciate it fully we have to retrace our steps back in time

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Dev guru of Vivekananda passed away in the summer of 1886 It

was a difficult time for his disciples Vivekananda felt the intense agony of separation from his guru

With 15 other disciples he moved to a dilapidate house in Baranagar from Cossipore and took the vow

of sannyas They underwent a lot of religious practices including deep meditation there At that time

they had no thought of whether the world even existed or not He wanted to lose himself in silent

meditation but the mundane duties of life brought him back He realized that he was not meant to live

the life of a recluse struggling for personal salvation He heard the inner call for a greater mission as

envisioned by his guru

Swamiji embarked on a long journey to explore and discover India He travelled from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari as a Parivrajak From the Himalayas to Kanyakumari During his travel Swami Vivekananda was deeply moved to see the appealing poverty of the masses He was the first religious leader in India to understand and openly declare that the real cause of Indias downfall was the neglect of the masses

During the course of his wanderings he heard about the Worlds Parliament of Religion to be held in Chicago His friends and admirers wanted him to attend the Parliament In the last lap of his pilgrimage across India he came to Kanyakumari He swam through the shark infested water to what is now called Vivekananda Rock As he sat on the rock he meditated deeply on India- her past present and future After three days of meditation he took the momentous decision to go to the west to raise money for the upliftment of India

He also had a vision He saw Sri Ramakrishna walking into ocean and beckoning for himto follow Earlier he had written a letter to Maa Sarada asking for her blessings At last he received her response He asked his followers to collect money for the journey He was also helped by the Maharaja of Mysore the Raja of Ramnad and the Raja of Khetri On 31

st May 1893 he sailed for America

from Mumbai (Bombay then) via Colombo Tokyo and Vancouver On the train journey from Vancouver to Chicago he encountered Miss Katherine Abbot Sanborn Very much impressed by his personality and appearance she gave him her card and invited him to be a guest in her house in Massachusetts Early days in Chicago Swamiji arrived in Chicago on 30

th July 1893 After his arrival he learned that the

Parliament of Religion was to be held couple of months later in September He also did not have the necessary paperwork including a letter of introduction that was needed to register for the event Not just that the date for registration had also already passed There was therefore no chance that Swamiji could be allowed to speak at the event Now only after a few

days in Chicago Swamiji realized that he was running out of money He then remembered that a lady by the name Katherine Abbott Sanborn who had offered him help should he need any Katherine Abbott Sanborn lived in Boston Massachussetts Swamiji decided to leave Chicago for Boston

Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn

His acquaintance with Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn was instrumental in his entry to the Parliament of Religions On August 1893 Swamiji reached Boston Kate Sanborn wrote in her memoirs Katharine Abbot Sanborn was a poet teacher lecturer above all a humanist She was not only his hostess in those early days she was also instrumental in introducing him to Professor Wright and other men and women of influence Professor JH Wright Professor JH Wright a

professor of Greek at Harvard University

encouraged Swamiji to introduce Hinduism in the Parliament of Religions He wrote about Swamiji to a number of important people connected with the parliament Prof Wright not only gave Swamiji a letter of introduction he also bought his tickets to Chicago

Return to Chicago Swamiji reached to Chicago on 9th

September To his dismay he found that he has lost the letter of introduction and the address of the committee Tired and hungry he spent the night in an empty boxcar

Next morning forgetting that he was in a foreign country he went begging for food as was the century old tradition of the Hindu monks People saw his rumpled clothes travel worn appearance and slammed their doors in his face Exhausted and resigning himself to the will of the almighty he sat down on the

roadside curb He thought of fighting back against all the odds He also knew that no great things were ever done without great

labor He submitted to the lord completely Mrs Hale an

influential lady living in the opposite house saw him and asked ldquoSir are you the Parliament of ReligionsrdquoSwamiji childlike as always poured out all his troubles

I have lost everything in the train I have no credentials and I do not know where to gordquo

ldquoI am tired and totally lost Mrs Hale invited him in her house gave him hot breakfast and saw to his immediate needs Later she took him to the office of the parliament of religion and introduced him to Dr Barrows the President of the

Parliament Swamiji never forgot the kindness and courtesy of Mrs Hale He became a part of the family until his death in 1902

Speech at the Parliament of Religion

The parliament of religion was an

adjunct to the world Columbian exposition

which was held in Chicago in 1893 to

celebrate the 400th

anniversary of the

discovery of America by Christopher

Columbus The first session of the

parliament was held on Monday

September 11 in the spacious hall of the

Art Institute It opened with a prayer after which the delegates were introduced one by one They read

their prepared speeches Swamiji had not prepared a speech for the occasion and he had never

addressed a public gathering before He kept postponing the speech In the afternoon when he could no

longer put off his turn he stood up inwardly bowed down to Devi S a r a swati and began to speak

ldquoSisters and brothers of Americardquo

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us I thank you in the name of most ancient orders of monks in the world I thank you in the name of the mother of religions I thank you in the names of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sect

ldquo Many thanks also to some of the speakers on this platform who referring to the delegates from the Orient have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands of idea of toleration I am proud to belong to a religion who has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance We believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true The present convention which is one of most august assemblies ever held is in itself a vindication a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in Gita Whosoever comes to me through whatsoever form I reach him all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to Me Sectarianism bigotry and its horrible descendant fanaticism have long possessed this beautiful earth They have filled the earth with violence drenched it often and often with human blood destroyed civilization and sent whole nation to despair Had it not been for these horrible demons human society would be far more advanced than it is now But their time has come and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanatism of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen and of all charitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goalsrdquo

I am a Hindu and I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the whole world is my little well The Christian sits in his little well and thinks that whole world is his well The Mohammedan sits in his little well and thinks that this is the whole world I have to thank you of America for the great attempt you are making to break down the barriers of this little world of ours and hope that in the future the lord will help you to accomplish of your purpose

From an Unknown Monk to Celebrity Swami Vivekananda shook not only America but the whole world with his speech New York Herald wrote After hearing his speech it seems that sending religious propagators to a country like India highly eminent in the field of religion is but sheer stupidity Harriet Monroe an editor and poet who was present at the Parliament later wrote in her autobiography Swami Vivekananda stole the whole show and captured the town

His personality his voice the fervor of his feelings the beauty of his message to the western world

1gave us a rare and perfect moment of supreme emotion It was a human eloquence at its highest pitch Following his success in the Parliament of religions Swamiji continued delivering lectures on Hindu philosophy He traveled to various parts of the United States including Madison Minneapolis Des Moines Detroit and Boston In November 1894 he established the Vedanta Society in New York Swamiji preached the gospel of the unity of religion and scattered the seeds of purity knowledge and faith His message to the world was

Assimilation and not destruction harmony and peace of dissention

He told his disciples in Calcutta America is where the feeling of brotherhood has been developed An

American meets you for five minutes on board a train and you are his friend The next moment he

invites you as a gmicroest to his house and opens his whole home to you

Swamiji returned to India after spending more than three years in the United States in January

1897 to establish the Ramkrishna Mission and carry on the work that his guru had bestowed on

Edited by Ranu Pal

Vijaya Greetings

From Anik Ankur Elizabeth Ranjana and

Ashim Overland Park Kansas 2019

_________________________________

Subho Vijaya

From Dolly and Ranjit Ganguly Kansas 2019

days in Chicago Swamiji realized that he was running out of money He then remembered that a lady by the name Katherine Abbott Sanborn who had offered him help should he need any Katherine Abbott Sanborn lived in Boston Massachussetts Swamiji decided to leave Chicago for Boston

Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn

His acquaintance with Miss Katherine Abbott Sanborn was instrumental in his entry to the Parliament of Religions On August 1893 Swamiji reached Boston Kate Sanborn wrote in her memoirs Katharine Abbot Sanborn was a poet teacher lecturer above all a humanist She was not only his hostess in those early days she was also instrumental in introducing him to Professor Wright and other men and women of influence Professor JH Wright Professor JH Wright a

professor of Greek at Harvard University

encouraged Swamiji to introduce Hinduism in the Parliament of Religions He wrote about Swamiji to a number of important people connected with the parliament Prof Wright not only gave Swamiji a letter of introduction he also bought his tickets to Chicago

Return to Chicago Swamiji reached to Chicago on 9th

September To his dismay he found that he has lost the letter of introduction and the address of the committee Tired and hungry he spent the night in an empty boxcar

Next morning forgetting that he was in a foreign country he went begging for food as was the century old tradition of the Hindu monks People saw his rumpled clothes travel worn appearance and slammed their doors in his face Exhausted and resigning himself to the will of the almighty he sat down on the

roadside curb He thought of fighting back against all the odds He also knew that no great things were ever done without great

labor He submitted to the lord completely Mrs Hale an

influential lady living in the opposite house saw him and asked ldquoSir are you the Parliament of ReligionsrdquoSwamiji childlike as always poured out all his troubles

I have lost everything in the train I have no credentials and I do not know where to gordquo

ldquoI am tired and totally lost Mrs Hale invited him in her house gave him hot breakfast and saw to his immediate needs Later she took him to the office of the parliament of religion and introduced him to Dr Barrows the President of the

Parliament Swamiji never forgot the kindness and courtesy of Mrs Hale He became a part of the family until his death in 1902

Speech at the Parliament of Religion

The parliament of religion was an

adjunct to the world Columbian exposition

which was held in Chicago in 1893 to

celebrate the 400th

anniversary of the

discovery of America by Christopher

Columbus The first session of the

parliament was held on Monday

September 11 in the spacious hall of the

Art Institute It opened with a prayer after which the delegates were introduced one by one They read

their prepared speeches Swamiji had not prepared a speech for the occasion and he had never

addressed a public gathering before He kept postponing the speech In the afternoon when he could no

longer put off his turn he stood up inwardly bowed down to Devi S a r a swati and began to speak

ldquoSisters and brothers of Americardquo

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us I thank you in the name of most ancient orders of monks in the world I thank you in the name of the mother of religions I thank you in the names of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sect

ldquo Many thanks also to some of the speakers on this platform who referring to the delegates from the Orient have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands of idea of toleration I am proud to belong to a religion who has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance We believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true The present convention which is one of most august assemblies ever held is in itself a vindication a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in Gita Whosoever comes to me through whatsoever form I reach him all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to Me Sectarianism bigotry and its horrible descendant fanaticism have long possessed this beautiful earth They have filled the earth with violence drenched it often and often with human blood destroyed civilization and sent whole nation to despair Had it not been for these horrible demons human society would be far more advanced than it is now But their time has come and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanatism of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen and of all charitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goalsrdquo

I am a Hindu and I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the whole world is my little well The Christian sits in his little well and thinks that whole world is his well The Mohammedan sits in his little well and thinks that this is the whole world I have to thank you of America for the great attempt you are making to break down the barriers of this little world of ours and hope that in the future the lord will help you to accomplish of your purpose

From an Unknown Monk to Celebrity Swami Vivekananda shook not only America but the whole world with his speech New York Herald wrote After hearing his speech it seems that sending religious propagators to a country like India highly eminent in the field of religion is but sheer stupidity Harriet Monroe an editor and poet who was present at the Parliament later wrote in her autobiography Swami Vivekananda stole the whole show and captured the town

His personality his voice the fervor of his feelings the beauty of his message to the western world

1gave us a rare and perfect moment of supreme emotion It was a human eloquence at its highest pitch Following his success in the Parliament of religions Swamiji continued delivering lectures on Hindu philosophy He traveled to various parts of the United States including Madison Minneapolis Des Moines Detroit and Boston In November 1894 he established the Vedanta Society in New York Swamiji preached the gospel of the unity of religion and scattered the seeds of purity knowledge and faith His message to the world was

Assimilation and not destruction harmony and peace of dissention

He told his disciples in Calcutta America is where the feeling of brotherhood has been developed An

American meets you for five minutes on board a train and you are his friend The next moment he

invites you as a gmicroest to his house and opens his whole home to you

Swamiji returned to India after spending more than three years in the United States in January

1897 to establish the Ramkrishna Mission and carry on the work that his guru had bestowed on

Edited by Ranu Pal

Vijaya Greetings

From Anik Ankur Elizabeth Ranjana and

Ashim Overland Park Kansas 2019

_________________________________

Subho Vijaya

From Dolly and Ranjit Ganguly Kansas 2019

longer put off his turn he stood up inwardly bowed down to Devi S a r a swati and began to speak

ldquoSisters and brothers of Americardquo

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us I thank you in the name of most ancient orders of monks in the world I thank you in the name of the mother of religions I thank you in the names of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sect

ldquo Many thanks also to some of the speakers on this platform who referring to the delegates from the Orient have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands of idea of toleration I am proud to belong to a religion who has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance We believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true The present convention which is one of most august assemblies ever held is in itself a vindication a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in Gita Whosoever comes to me through whatsoever form I reach him all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to Me Sectarianism bigotry and its horrible descendant fanaticism have long possessed this beautiful earth They have filled the earth with violence drenched it often and often with human blood destroyed civilization and sent whole nation to despair Had it not been for these horrible demons human society would be far more advanced than it is now But their time has come and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanatism of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen and of all charitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goalsrdquo

I am a Hindu and I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the whole world is my little well The Christian sits in his little well and thinks that whole world is his well The Mohammedan sits in his little well and thinks that this is the whole world I have to thank you of America for the great attempt you are making to break down the barriers of this little world of ours and hope that in the future the lord will help you to accomplish of your purpose

From an Unknown Monk to Celebrity Swami Vivekananda shook not only America but the whole world with his speech New York Herald wrote After hearing his speech it seems that sending religious propagators to a country like India highly eminent in the field of religion is but sheer stupidity Harriet Monroe an editor and poet who was present at the Parliament later wrote in her autobiography Swami Vivekananda stole the whole show and captured the town

His personality his voice the fervor of his feelings the beauty of his message to the western world

1gave us a rare and perfect moment of supreme emotion It was a human eloquence at its highest pitch Following his success in the Parliament of religions Swamiji continued delivering lectures on Hindu philosophy He traveled to various parts of the United States including Madison Minneapolis Des Moines Detroit and Boston In November 1894 he established the Vedanta Society in New York Swamiji preached the gospel of the unity of religion and scattered the seeds of purity knowledge and faith His message to the world was

Assimilation and not destruction harmony and peace of dissention

He told his disciples in Calcutta America is where the feeling of brotherhood has been developed An

American meets you for five minutes on board a train and you are his friend The next moment he

invites you as a gmicroest to his house and opens his whole home to you

Swamiji returned to India after spending more than three years in the United States in January

1897 to establish the Ramkrishna Mission and carry on the work that his guru had bestowed on

Edited by Ranu Pal

Vijaya Greetings

From Anik Ankur Elizabeth Ranjana and

Ashim Overland Park Kansas 2019

_________________________________

Subho Vijaya

From Dolly and Ranjit Ganguly Kansas 2019

Vijaya Greetings

From Anik Ankur Elizabeth Ranjana and

Ashim Overland Park Kansas 2019

_________________________________

Subho Vijaya

From Dolly and Ranjit Ganguly Kansas 2019

পরািজত দশানন

অপব- চে0াপাধ2ায় অবসর5া6 অধ2াপক বধ-মান রাজ কেলজ বধ-মান

ছিব ১- িবিভ= gtেপ দশানন বাম িদেক দশানন রােমর সে যB করেছন মকরমখী রেথ চেড় চারচালা িশব মিGর

উচকরন বীরভম ডান িদেক দশানন িসংহাসেন বেস রেয়েছন িবজয় িব0ালা মিGর হািL কন-াটক

5াককথনঃ এই Qলখািট িনেবিদত হেয়েছ Qসই সব কিত ব সSানেদর উেTেশ2 যারা অসীম কV Wীকার কের িনজ Qযাগ2তায় 5বােস িনেজেদর 5িতিYত কেরেছন তােদর এক বড় অংশই সহায় স[লহীন অবায় নতন পিরেবেশ িনেজেক উপয] কেরেছন ধীের ধীের সকেলর অলে^2 - Qস এক Qরামা_কর সং`ােমর কািহনী

Qছা0 এই 5িতেবদেন বলার QচVা কেরিছ আমােদর পিbম বাংলার দি^ণ অংেশর Qজলাzwnjিলেত কেয়কেশা বছর আেগ eতরী হেয়িছল অজf ইেটর eতরী মিGর (Qপাড়ামািটর মিGর) Qসzwnjিলর Qবশীর ভাগই নV হেয়েছ আমােদর মেতা সাধারণ মানেষর অনাদের অবেহলায় Qসই সে রেয়েছ Qটরােকাটা ফলক চির এবং এক িবেশষ Qiণীর দjতীর kারা lংস সাধন

এই মিGরzwnjিল এেদেশর সLদ অথচ আমরা তািকেয় Qদিখ না তাই আমােদর Qচােখ পেড় না বঝেতও পাির না িক অমল2 সLদ এখােন লিকেয় রেয়েছ এই Qপাড়ামািটর মিGরzwnjিলর অo কেয়কিটর মিGরগাp সিqত হেয়েছ Qটরােকাটা ফলক kারা অসামান2 সGর এই সব Qটরােকাটা ফলকzwnjিলেত িক Qনই - রামায়ণ-মহাভারত কািহনী িহGেদর Qদবেদবী rকেsর জীবন কথা তৎকালীন যেগর আথ--সামািজক িচp আরও কত িক Qয Qকান িশzwnjেক রামায়ন-মহাভারত-কs জীবন কথার ফলকzwnjিল Qদখােল তােক আর মহাকাব2zwnjিল পড়ােনার 5েয়াজন হেব না

5বােসর উv িশি^ত 5িতিYত ব সSােনরা যখন Wেদেশ আেসন িকছ সমেয়র জন2 তারা যিদ একটা িদন এই মিGরzwnjিলর Qয Qকান একিট Qদখার জন2 ব2য় কেরন আমার ব2ি]গত ধারণা তারা Qয আনG িনেয় 5বােস িফরেবন তার Wাদ পেব- অনভব কেরন িন

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স6াহ অেSর ছিট Qহাক বা স6ােহর মােঝ এক িদন ছিট িমলেলই মনটা চ_ল হেয় ওেঠ বাড়ীেত বেস থাকেত ইxা কের না এমন এক ছিটর িদন সকােল Qবর হেয়িছলাম আমরা দজেন Qমাটর সাইেকল Qযােগ সকােলর িদেক Qরােদর Qতজ কম থােক Qসই িমেঠ আেলায় শহর ছািড়েয় `ােমর মাঝ িদেয় চলেত খব ভােলা লােগ িকছ^ণ চলার পর রাyার ধােরর Qছা0 চােয়র Qদাকােন বােশর বাতা িদেয় eতরী বসবার আসেন বেস Qবকারী িবzট সহেযােগ মািটর ভােড় গরম চা - এর Wাদই আলাদা Qসিদন রাyার ধাের Qপেয়িছলাম পপকর - মােন পকের প ফল ফেট রেয়েছ Qমাটর সাইেকল Qথেক Qনেম িশিশর Qভজা ঘােস পা ডিবেয় কখনও বেস কখনও দািড়েয় পকর পাড় Qথেক প ফেলর ছিব Qতালার QচVা করবার আনGই আলাদা 5াত2িহক জীবন ধারেণর অেশষ কেVর িকছই Qসই সময় মেন থােক না Qসিদন চেলিছলাম বীরভম Qজলার নানেরর কােছ উচকরণ `ােম পরােনা িশব মিGর Qদখেত উচকরেণর কােছ Qপেছ সদর রাyা Qথেক বা িদেক মাইলখােনক Qযেতই `ােমর মােঝ হািজর হেয়িছলাম `ােমর বািসGােদর িজ~াসা কের িশব মিGরzwnjx চের Qযেত িবেশষ অসিবধা হয় িন পাশাপািশ চারিট চারচালা িশব মিGেরর সামেনর িদক সGর Qপাড়ামািটর ফলক kারা অলংকত ফলকzwnjিল Qদখেতই অেনকটা সময় লােগ যায় একিট মিGেরর 5েবশ kােরর িখলােনর উপের রেয়েছ লংকা যেBর একিট অিত সGর প2ােনল রাম - দশানন যB করেছন এই প2ােনেলর Qয অংেশ দশানন রেয়েছন Qসই অংশটক এখােন Qদখােনা হেয়েছ [ছিব ১ বাম অংশ] উচকরণ `ােমর Qপাড়ামািটর মিGেরর দশানেনর পােশ রাখা হেয়েছ অিত 5াচীন পাথেরর মিGেরর yেAumlর [িবজয় িব0ালা মিGর হািL] দশাননেক যারা মিGর Qদখেত ভােলা বােসন তারা যিদ একট Qচাখ Qমেল Qদেখন তেব িনbয় আনG পােবন এবার দশানন স[েAring দ চার কথা উেCcedilখ করেল অ5াসিক হেব না পলy2পp িবiবা মিন এবং সমালীর gtপবতী কন2ার সSান নীলাEacuteনবণ- দশ`ীব বা দশানন দশানেনর তপস2ায় 5ীত হেয় NtildeOumlা তােক বর দান কেরন ফেল দশানন হেয় ওেঠন প^ী নাগ য^ eদত2 দানব রা^স এবং Qদবগেণর অবধ2 পের িশেবর কােছ বর Qপেয় হেয় উঠেলন দািAumlক এবং অত2াচােরর 5িতমিত- এেক এেক পরাy কেরন Qদব দানব রা^স এেদর 5ায় সকলেকই রাজা ঋিষ Qদব দানবেদর সGরী কন2া তার Qচােখ পড়েলই হরণ কের লংকায় িনেয় হািজর করেতন এমন মানষেকও পরাy হেত হেয়িছল একবার নয় বার বার আমরা সকেলই জািন দশানন রাবণ পরািজত হেয়িছেলন রােমর কােছ এবং িপতামহ NtildeOumlা 5দaacute NtildeOumlােagraveর আঘােত রাবেণর মত2 ঘেট তেব এর পেব- দশানন অSত িতনবার পরাy হQয় মত2মখ Qথেক িফের এেসিছেলন Qসই িতনিট ঘটনার দিটর Qটরােকাটা ফলক পাওয়া যায় দি^ণ বাংলার `ামগেEacuteর খ2াত অখ2াত মিGরzwnjিলেত এমন সব অসাধারণ ফলক পাওয়া যায় যা অন2p Qদখা যায় না

রাবণ যখন িবacircজয় করেত Qবর হেয়িছেলন তখন eহহয়রাজ (বত-মােন জaumlলপেরর দি^েণ) কাত-বীয-াজ-েনর সে রাবণ যB করেবন বেল মন কেরন রাবণ যখন eহহয়রােজ2 এেস উপিত হন তখন কাত-বীয-াজ-ন নদীেত atildeান করিছেলন রাবণ যB zwnjaring করেল অজ-ন তার সহfবাccedilkারা রাবণেক বB কেরন এই সংবাদ Qপেয় রাবেণর িপতা িবiবা মিন এেস অজ-নেক অনেরাধ জানােল রাবণ মি] পান এই ঘটনার Qকান Qটরােকাটা ফলক অবশ2 আমার Qচােখ পের িন

ছিব ২- বালী দশাননেক ল2ােজ Qবেধ সমেegrave ডিবেয় Qরেখেছন প_রecirc শ2ামরায় মিGর িবsপর বাকড়া

িkতীয় ঘটনা - রাবণ একিদন িকিjAringায় এেস বালীেক যেB আeumlান কেরন বালী Qসই সময় চতঃসমেegrave সAring2াবGনারত িছেলন বালীর িপছন িদক িদেয় চিপ চিপ এেস রাবণ বালীেক ধরবার ফGী এেটিছেলন বালী তা বঝেত Qপের রাবণেক Qলেজ Qবেধ Qফেলন সAring2াবGনা Qশষ কের বালী রাবণেক Qলেজর সাহােয2 সমেegraveর জেল িকছ^ণ ডিবেয় রােখন জেলর মেধ2 রাবণ হাচর পাচর করেল বালী রাবণেক জল Qথেক তেল িকিjAring2া িনেয় আেসন তারপর অিiacuteসা^ী কের বালী এবং রাবণ দজন দজেন িমp হন

কিaacuteবাস িক িলেখেছন বািল-রাবণ কািহনীেত তা Qদখা যাক - পিbম সাগের Qগলা বািল আটশত Qযাজন Qলেজ বািধয়া রাবেণের ডবায় পািনর িভতর পািন খাইয়া রাবণ রাজা হইল ফাফর হাকচ পাকচ কের রাবণ পাইয়া তরােস কিড় হােথ টােন তব বAringন নািহ খেস অিত দীঘল Qলজ বািলর Qযাজন প_ােশ

জেলর িভতর রাবণ রাজা বািল আকােশ চাির সাগের সAring2া কের ধ2ান নািহ লেড় রাবণ লইয়া বািল Qদেশর তের চেল

রামায়ণ কািহনীর এই ফলকিট িবsপের কাছাকািছ অবিত দিট Qপাড়ামািটর মিGের রেয়েছ মিGর দিট হল শ2ামরায় প_রecirc মিGর (১৬৪৩) এবং QকVরায় মিGর (১৬৫৫) এখােন শ2ামরায় মিGের Qয ফলকিট রেয়েছ Qসিটর ছিব Qদওয়া হল একটা িদেনর জন2 িবsপর Qবড়ােত Qগেল 5চর মিGর Qদখেত পাওয়া সAumlব zwnjধ এটক উেCcedilখ কির িবsপের অবিত িতনিট Qপাড়ামািটর মিGর [শ2ামরায় মিGর কsরায় মিGর এবং মদনেমাহন মিGর] Qদখেলই রামায়ণ মহাভারত এবং rকs জীবেনর অজf Qটরােকাটা ফলক Qদখেত স^ম হেবন দশ-ক এবং যা অন2p Qদখা সAumlব নয়

ছিব ৩- সীতাহরণ কের রাবণ যখন রেথ চেড় আকাশপেথ লংকা িফরিছেলন পেথর মােঝ সপােacirc-র সে Qদখা হয় সপাacirc- রথ সেমত রাবণেক িগেল খাবার QচVা করেল রেথর মেধ2 সীতােক Qদেখ সপাacirc- রাবণেক Qছেড় Qদয় চারবাংলা মিGর

বড়নগর মিশ-দাবাদ

ততীয় ঘটনা - সীতাহরণ কের পoacuteক রেথ আকাশ পেথ লংকা িফরেছন রাবণ গaringেড়র Qজ2Y পp সLািতর সSান সপাacirc- রাবণ সেমত রথ িগেল খাবার উপograveম কের রেথর মেধ2 সীতা থাকায় নারী হত2া হেয় যােব এই আশocircায় রথ উগের Qফেলন সপাacirc- রাবণ র^া পান এবং সীতােক িনেয় লংকা রওনা হন

এই সপাacirc- কািহনী িবষেয় কিaacuteবাস িলেখেছন - এেতক ভািবয়া রাবণ যায় অSরীে^ সপাacirc- প^রাজ Qদিখল সমেখ

hellip hellip hellip hellip hellip hellip hellip hellip রেথর সিহত রাবণ িগিলবাের আইেস ল^ ল^ yব রাবণ কিরেছ তরােস রেথর উপের কন2া zwnjন মহাশয় সংহার কিরেল রথ agraveীবধ হয় িগল2ািছল রথখান উগািরয়া Qফেল করেযােড় দশানন প^রােজ বেল আপন কােয-2 যাই আিম zwnjন মহাecircন পরাজয় মািনল আিম লocircার রাবণ

সপাacirc- কািহনীর ফলক অেনক মিGের রেয়েছ এখােন আিজমগেEacuteর কােছ বড়নগের রানী ভবানী 5িতিYত চারচালা িশব মিGেরর ফলকিট Qদখােনা হেয়েছ

বাংলার Qপাড়ামািটর মিGরzwnjিলেত অজf Qটরােকাটা ফলক Qদখেত পাওয়া যােব Qসzwnjিলর িদেক Qচাখ রাখেল Qয Qকান দশ-ক অন2 জগেতর সAringান পােবন তা Qজার গলায় বলেত পাির

আই লাভ ইউ-Swapna Ray

জন মাসের মাঝামাঝঝ হাড় কাাপাসনা শীসের পসর কাাচা-

মমসে ররাদদরটা রেশ উপস াগয মকনত উপস াগ করার েময় রকাথায় োরা েপতাসহর পা াচটা মিন একটা চাকমর কমর

আর উইকএসে িসটা ছটটর মিন যা কমর ো চারসট চাকমরর েমান কখনও ঝাড়িারমন কখনও র াপানী আোর কখসনা

গাসনর মিমিমমন কাসজর মক রশষ আসছ

এমনই এক রমেোসর োমড়র মেনসট চাকমর রশষ কসর োজার েরকাসরর টমপটট পসর হাসে োজাসরর মিসটটট মনসয় আম

রা িজসন রেমরসয়মছ রাহসির আোর ছসোর মমমির কাসজ খে উেোহ োইসর রেসরাসিই রছাটসেিার রচারসচারসখিার

েমড় রছা ায়ার মে রহাম মিসপাসে একোর রযসেই হসে যথারীমে আমাসক সবানতনা মিসয় রকসট পড়ি-

আমম এই যাে আর আেসো একটা ঝজমনে রেরে রিওয়া আর একটা ঝজমনে অনিাইন এ রিসখ এসেমছ শ েসি মন

রয় আোযাসট পা াচ মমমনসট মেসর আেসো

েযাে পা াচ মমমনটসক পায়োমিশ মমমনট কসর মেমন যখন মেসর এসিন েখন িপর

আড়াইসট রেসজ রগসছ মিস টা রেশ জানান মিসে োজার করার আসগ রকাথাও িাঞচ রেসর মনসে হসে

রগামড় ndash

গগমি খাসজ মাসন রোসন গগি োচচ কসর কাছাকামছ একটা রেচয়ান চাইমনে রিাকান পাওয়া রগি োড়াোমড় চসিা

োড়াোমড় চসিা িাঞচ রশষ হসয় যাসে- হসড়াহমড় কসর ররেটসরসে মগসয় ঢকিাম র েরটা রেশ োাকা োইসরও ছাোর

েিায় মকছ েোর েযােসথা আসছ আমরা োইসরই েেিাম খাওয়ার েসে েসে মমসে ররাদদসরর ওমটাও উপস াগ করা

যাসে

পরচে মিস রপসয়সছ আর োজাসরর োড়াও আসছ োই পসরর রসটপ চটপট রমন কািচ মনসয় অিচার রিওয়া এটা রেশ

শকত কাজ োইসর রথসক রিসখ রযমন মসন হয় ldquo একই েসনত িইটট কেম মহনদ মেিমানrdquo আেসি মকনত ো নয় রকাসনা

েযাপাসরই নয় খাোর েযাপাসর রো নয়ই ও মচিংমড় ািোসে আমম খাই না আমম রেয়ার মরে রখসে ািোমে ও পকচ খা

য় না গহযদধ আপােে সতমগে ররসখ শামনতপর চ েহােসথাসন মচসকনই রেসছ রনওয়া হসিা হট এে েওয়ার েপ মচসকন

রিামমন আর

রেচয়ান মচসকন উইথ বরকমি েপ রখসে রখসে িি করিাম আমাসির োমসনর রটমেসি এক দরসিাক এসে েেসিন

রযসহে চারপাসশ আর রকউ রনই োই রেৌজনযোর খামেসর হযাসিা েিিাম রকাসনা পরমে উ ততর রপিাম না উমন একটা

মনউে রপপার পড়সে েযসত

একট অোক িাগসিা মেরকতও হিাম যখন রিখিাম ওসয়সেে এসে োমসনর রিাকসক মেনা অিচাসর এক রোি বরাউন

রাইে আর এক োটট েপ মিসয় রগি

এ মক রর োো আমরা আসগ এসে অিচার মিসয় েপ রখসয় েসে আমছ আর ইমন রকাথাকার রকান জমমিার এসিন রয আ

োর েরে েসে ldquo রমঘ না চাইসে জসিরrdquo মসো খাোর এসে রগি োও যমি মপরনস অে ওসয়িে হে রিসখ রো রেমন

মকছ মসন হয়না না আাচড়াসনা মাথা মেচ োিা কাসিা চি রকমন রযন ldquo রাম গড়সরর ছানা হােসে োসির মানারrdquo ম

রো মখ োর ওপর মসখ রেশ কসয়ক মিসনর িামড় পযাে-োসটচরও রকাসনা চাকমচকয রনই

আসরা রাগ রহাসিা রয আমরা খাোসরর জসনয হা মপসেযশ কসর েসে আমছ আর মেমন মকনা মন মিসয় কাগজই পসর যা

রেন খাোসরর মিসক রকাসনা ভরসিপ রনই খাোর রযমন কার রেমন পসড়ই আসছ যাইসহাক আমাসির খাোর এসে যা

ওয়ায় আর রকাসনা মিসক নজর না মিসয় খাোসর মসনামনসেশ করিাম এখাসন এই পরথম এিাম মিস র জসনয রহাক ো

োড়ার জসনযই রহাক খাোরটা রেশ াসিা এনজয় করমছিাম

িশয েিি হসিা একটট ঝকঝসক ২০-

২১ েছসরর রমসয় এসে েেসিা আমাসির োমসনর রটমেসি ওই দরসিাসকর োমসন ও-

মা রিসখা কাে দরসিাসকর র াি এসকোসর েিসি রগি হোে রযন ওনার োমসন কইন এমিজাসেথ এসে েসেসছন

এসকোসর আহলাসি গিগি রমসয়টট মকনত োসে খে গিসছ েসি মসন হসে না ইমে মস য ওসয়সেে এসে রগি রমসয়টট

রমন কাসিচর এপাো ওপাো খাসজ মক মক েে অিচার মিসিা দরসিাসকর খাোর রযমন কার রেমমন পসড় আসছ উমন খ

ে অননয় মেনয় কসর রমসয়টটসক মকছ েিসছ রমসয়টট রকাসনা পাততাই মিসে না

আমার খাওয়া মাথায় উেসিা পামপয়া েসিসছ রছাসটা গলপ মিেসের জসনয গলপ ররমি করসে রেটার মথম যমি এখান রথ

রক পাই োহসি আর আমায় রিসখ রক োমড় মেসর মিখসে আর কেিন েেরািং মসখ খাওয়া ছাড়া রচাখ কান পসরাপ

মর ওই রটমেসি েমপ চন করিাম রক জাসন অেম েয়েী রপরম মক না োজার করসে যাওয়া মাথায় উেসিা রেশ ইোসর

মসটিং রসটামর হসেরশষ না রিসখ নড়মছনা

রমসয়টট ইয়ািং রিখসে সমাটচ মকনত হাে াে রেশ রাে দরসিাক মকছ েিসছনরমসয়টট রকাসনা উততরই মিসে না একোর

রেি রোন একোর মক মরিং কখসনাো োইসরর মিসক োমকসয় রসয়সছ অথচ দরসিাক েসিই যাসেন রপরমািাপ হসে

নামক এে অননয় মেনয় মকসের

হোে রমসয়টট রেশ রজাসর আর রকসটসকসট েসি উেসিা

আই রটালড ইউ টাইম এে এসগন আই রিাে ওয়াে এমনমথিং েরম ইউ মপমরসয়ি রিাে েিার মম এমন রমার-

দরসিাক মক োর ার াসর এখন োর গিার সবরও একট উচচ পিচায় আসরা কাকমে মমনমে আসরা অননয় আমারই

মায়া িাগমছি ওনাসক রিসখ

--ইউ রিাে মনি োট আই িাইক ট মগ ইউ েমমথিং রহায়াট এোউট এন আইপযাি

--আই রিাে মনি এমন আইপযাি

--ইউ মনি ের ইসয়ার সকি-

--ইউ রিাে হযা ট মথঙক এেযাউট মাই সকি-মাই িাইে-মাই এনমথিং

--রহায়াট এোউট আপসেমিঙ ইওর রেি রোন ট আই রোন ৬

--রনা মিে রিাে েিার মম আই রিাে ওয়াে নামথিং েরম ইউ

নাটক রেশ জসম উসেসছ আমম আসসত আসসত খাঝে যাসে নাটসকর রশষ িসশযর আসগ আমার খাওয়া না রশষ হয় আ

মার রটমেসিও গজগজামন আরমভ হসয় রগসছ

ldquoএ াসে অসনযর েযাপাসর ই ে ডরপ করার মক িরকার এখন আর োজাসরর োড়া রনই নাযতত েে রমসয়মি েযাপার

rdquoআমম েখন মপসে মিসয়মছ কসিা কাসন মিসয়মছ কসিা এসেোসর নট নড়র চড়ররিমখ মক হয়

ইমেমস য রমসয়টটর খাোর এসে রগি একটা রেশ েড় েড় একটা রটক আউট

ওমা এখাসন েসে খাসেনা আমার মনটা একট িসম রগি

--ও রক আই হযা ট রগা- েসি রমসয়টট পযাসকটটট মনসয় রেমরসয় রগি

দরসিাসকর করর মসখর মিসক োমকসয় আমারই খারাপ িাগমছি হোে রিমখ রমসয়টট আোর মেসর এসিা রটমেসি

েসে ঝজসেে করি-

োই িা ওসয় রনকসট উইক ইে োিাে চ রি রহায়াট কযান আই ি ের ইউ রহায়াট েি আই োই ের ইউ রহায়াট ি ইউ

ওয়াে েরম মম

রটি মম রহায়াট েযি আই ি মামী িাে নট মমট মে ইউ

মেসের পরশামনত মসখ মনসয় দরসিাক রমসয়টটর হাে সর মসখর মিসক োমকসয় েিসিন আই রিাে মনি এমনমথিং মিয়ার

ইউ ইউ আর িা রেসট মগেট অে মাই িাইে আই িা ইউ

Editorial Board for Lawrenceutsav 2019 Fall Festival Magazine

Ranu Pal and Dhananjay Pal

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3 Tripti Bhaduri-50

4 Gouri Choudhury-50

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স6াহ অেSর ছিট Qহাক বা স6ােহর মােঝ এক িদন ছিট িমলেলই মনটা চ_ল হেয় ওেঠ বাড়ীেত বেস থাকেত ইxা কের না এমন এক ছিটর িদন সকােল Qবর হেয়িছলাম আমরা দজেন Qমাটর সাইেকল Qযােগ সকােলর িদেক Qরােদর Qতজ কম থােক Qসই িমেঠ আেলায় শহর ছািড়েয় `ােমর মাঝ িদেয় চলেত খব ভােলা লােগ িকছ^ণ চলার পর রাyার ধােরর Qছা0 চােয়র Qদাকােন বােশর বাতা িদেয় eতরী বসবার আসেন বেস Qবকারী িবzট সহেযােগ মািটর ভােড় গরম চা - এর Wাদই আলাদা Qসিদন রাyার ধাের Qপেয়িছলাম পপকর - মােন পকের প ফল ফেট রেয়েছ Qমাটর সাইেকল Qথেক Qনেম িশিশর Qভজা ঘােস পা ডিবেয় কখনও বেস কখনও দািড়েয় পকর পাড় Qথেক প ফেলর ছিব Qতালার QচVা করবার আনGই আলাদা 5াত2িহক জীবন ধারেণর অেশষ কেVর িকছই Qসই সময় মেন থােক না Qসিদন চেলিছলাম বীরভম Qজলার নানেরর কােছ উচকরণ `ােম পরােনা িশব মিGর Qদখেত উচকরেণর কােছ Qপেছ সদর রাyা Qথেক বা িদেক মাইলখােনক Qযেতই `ােমর মােঝ হািজর হেয়িছলাম `ােমর বািসGােদর িজ~াসা কের িশব মিGরzwnjx চের Qযেত িবেশষ অসিবধা হয় িন পাশাপািশ চারিট চারচালা িশব মিGেরর সামেনর িদক সGর Qপাড়ামািটর ফলক kারা অলংকত ফলকzwnjিল Qদখেতই অেনকটা সময় লােগ যায় একিট মিGেরর 5েবশ kােরর িখলােনর উপের রেয়েছ লংকা যেBর একিট অিত সGর প2ােনল রাম - দশানন যB করেছন এই প2ােনেলর Qয অংেশ দশানন রেয়েছন Qসই অংশটক এখােন Qদখােনা হেয়েছ [ছিব ১ বাম অংশ] উচকরণ `ােমর Qপাড়ামািটর মিGেরর দশানেনর পােশ রাখা হেয়েছ অিত 5াচীন পাথেরর মিGেরর yেAumlর [িবজয় িব0ালা মিGর হািL] দশাননেক যারা মিGর Qদখেত ভােলা বােসন তারা যিদ একট Qচাখ Qমেল Qদেখন তেব িনbয় আনG পােবন এবার দশানন স[েAring দ চার কথা উেCcedilখ করেল অ5াসিক হেব না পলy2পp িবiবা মিন এবং সমালীর gtপবতী কন2ার সSান নীলাEacuteনবণ- দশ`ীব বা দশানন দশানেনর তপস2ায় 5ীত হেয় NtildeOumlা তােক বর দান কেরন ফেল দশানন হেয় ওেঠন প^ী নাগ য^ eদত2 দানব রা^স এবং Qদবগেণর অবধ2 পের িশেবর কােছ বর Qপেয় হেয় উঠেলন দািAumlক এবং অত2াচােরর 5িতমিত- এেক এেক পরাy কেরন Qদব দানব রা^স এেদর 5ায় সকলেকই রাজা ঋিষ Qদব দানবেদর সGরী কন2া তার Qচােখ পড়েলই হরণ কের লংকায় িনেয় হািজর করেতন এমন মানষেকও পরাy হেত হেয়িছল একবার নয় বার বার আমরা সকেলই জািন দশানন রাবণ পরািজত হেয়িছেলন রােমর কােছ এবং িপতামহ NtildeOumlা 5দaacute NtildeOumlােagraveর আঘােত রাবেণর মত2 ঘেট তেব এর পেব- দশানন অSত িতনবার পরাy হQয় মত2মখ Qথেক িফের এেসিছেলন Qসই িতনিট ঘটনার দিটর Qটরােকাটা ফলক পাওয়া যায় দি^ণ বাংলার `ামগেEacuteর খ2াত অখ2াত মিGরzwnjিলেত এমন সব অসাধারণ ফলক পাওয়া যায় যা অন2p Qদখা যায় না

রাবণ যখন িবacircজয় করেত Qবর হেয়িছেলন তখন eহহয়রাজ (বত-মােন জaumlলপেরর দি^েণ) কাত-বীয-াজ-েনর সে রাবণ যB করেবন বেল মন কেরন রাবণ যখন eহহয়রােজ2 এেস উপিত হন তখন কাত-বীয-াজ-ন নদীেত atildeান করিছেলন রাবণ যB zwnjaring করেল অজ-ন তার সহfবাccedilkারা রাবণেক বB কেরন এই সংবাদ Qপেয় রাবেণর িপতা িবiবা মিন এেস অজ-নেক অনেরাধ জানােল রাবণ মি] পান এই ঘটনার Qকান Qটরােকাটা ফলক অবশ2 আমার Qচােখ পের িন

ছিব ২- বালী দশাননেক ল2ােজ Qবেধ সমেegrave ডিবেয় Qরেখেছন প_রecirc শ2ামরায় মিGর িবsপর বাকড়া

িkতীয় ঘটনা - রাবণ একিদন িকিjAringায় এেস বালীেক যেB আeumlান কেরন বালী Qসই সময় চতঃসমেegrave সAring2াবGনারত িছেলন বালীর িপছন িদক িদেয় চিপ চিপ এেস রাবণ বালীেক ধরবার ফGী এেটিছেলন বালী তা বঝেত Qপের রাবণেক Qলেজ Qবেধ Qফেলন সAring2াবGনা Qশষ কের বালী রাবণেক Qলেজর সাহােয2 সমেegraveর জেল িকছ^ণ ডিবেয় রােখন জেলর মেধ2 রাবণ হাচর পাচর করেল বালী রাবণেক জল Qথেক তেল িকিjAring2া িনেয় আেসন তারপর অিiacuteসা^ী কের বালী এবং রাবণ দজন দজেন িমp হন

কিaacuteবাস িক িলেখেছন বািল-রাবণ কািহনীেত তা Qদখা যাক - পিbম সাগের Qগলা বািল আটশত Qযাজন Qলেজ বািধয়া রাবেণের ডবায় পািনর িভতর পািন খাইয়া রাবণ রাজা হইল ফাফর হাকচ পাকচ কের রাবণ পাইয়া তরােস কিড় হােথ টােন তব বAringন নািহ খেস অিত দীঘল Qলজ বািলর Qযাজন প_ােশ

জেলর িভতর রাবণ রাজা বািল আকােশ চাির সাগের সAring2া কের ধ2ান নািহ লেড় রাবণ লইয়া বািল Qদেশর তের চেল

রামায়ণ কািহনীর এই ফলকিট িবsপের কাছাকািছ অবিত দিট Qপাড়ামািটর মিGের রেয়েছ মিGর দিট হল শ2ামরায় প_রecirc মিGর (১৬৪৩) এবং QকVরায় মিGর (১৬৫৫) এখােন শ2ামরায় মিGের Qয ফলকিট রেয়েছ Qসিটর ছিব Qদওয়া হল একটা িদেনর জন2 িবsপর Qবড়ােত Qগেল 5চর মিGর Qদখেত পাওয়া সAumlব zwnjধ এটক উেCcedilখ কির িবsপের অবিত িতনিট Qপাড়ামািটর মিGর [শ2ামরায় মিGর কsরায় মিGর এবং মদনেমাহন মিGর] Qদখেলই রামায়ণ মহাভারত এবং rকs জীবেনর অজf Qটরােকাটা ফলক Qদখেত স^ম হেবন দশ-ক এবং যা অন2p Qদখা সAumlব নয়

ছিব ৩- সীতাহরণ কের রাবণ যখন রেথ চেড় আকাশপেথ লংকা িফরিছেলন পেথর মােঝ সপােacirc-র সে Qদখা হয় সপাacirc- রথ সেমত রাবণেক িগেল খাবার QচVা করেল রেথর মেধ2 সীতােক Qদেখ সপাacirc- রাবণেক Qছেড় Qদয় চারবাংলা মিGর

বড়নগর মিশ-দাবাদ

ততীয় ঘটনা - সীতাহরণ কের পoacuteক রেথ আকাশ পেথ লংকা িফরেছন রাবণ গaringেড়র Qজ2Y পp সLািতর সSান সপাacirc- রাবণ সেমত রথ িগেল খাবার উপograveম কের রেথর মেধ2 সীতা থাকায় নারী হত2া হেয় যােব এই আশocircায় রথ উগের Qফেলন সপাacirc- রাবণ র^া পান এবং সীতােক িনেয় লংকা রওনা হন

এই সপাacirc- কািহনী িবষেয় কিaacuteবাস িলেখেছন - এেতক ভািবয়া রাবণ যায় অSরীে^ সপাacirc- প^রাজ Qদিখল সমেখ

hellip hellip hellip hellip hellip hellip hellip hellip রেথর সিহত রাবণ িগিলবাের আইেস ল^ ল^ yব রাবণ কিরেছ তরােস রেথর উপের কন2া zwnjন মহাশয় সংহার কিরেল রথ agraveীবধ হয় িগল2ািছল রথখান উগািরয়া Qফেল করেযােড় দশানন প^রােজ বেল আপন কােয-2 যাই আিম zwnjন মহাecircন পরাজয় মািনল আিম লocircার রাবণ

সপাacirc- কািহনীর ফলক অেনক মিGের রেয়েছ এখােন আিজমগেEacuteর কােছ বড়নগের রানী ভবানী 5িতিYত চারচালা িশব মিGেরর ফলকিট Qদখােনা হেয়েছ

বাংলার Qপাড়ামািটর মিGরzwnjিলেত অজf Qটরােকাটা ফলক Qদখেত পাওয়া যােব Qসzwnjিলর িদেক Qচাখ রাখেল Qয Qকান দশ-ক অন2 জগেতর সAringান পােবন তা Qজার গলায় বলেত পাির

আই লাভ ইউ-Swapna Ray

জন মাসের মাঝামাঝঝ হাড় কাাপাসনা শীসের পসর কাাচা-

মমসে ররাদদরটা রেশ উপস াগয মকনত উপস াগ করার েময় রকাথায় োরা েপতাসহর পা াচটা মিন একটা চাকমর কমর

আর উইকএসে িসটা ছটটর মিন যা কমর ো চারসট চাকমরর েমান কখনও ঝাড়িারমন কখনও র াপানী আোর কখসনা

গাসনর মিমিমমন কাসজর মক রশষ আসছ

এমনই এক রমেোসর োমড়র মেনসট চাকমর রশষ কসর োজার েরকাসরর টমপটট পসর হাসে োজাসরর মিসটটট মনসয় আম

রা িজসন রেমরসয়মছ রাহসির আোর ছসোর মমমির কাসজ খে উেোহ োইসর রেসরাসিই রছাটসেিার রচারসচারসখিার

েমড় রছা ায়ার মে রহাম মিসপাসে একোর রযসেই হসে যথারীমে আমাসক সবানতনা মিসয় রকসট পড়ি-

আমম এই যাে আর আেসো একটা ঝজমনে রেরে রিওয়া আর একটা ঝজমনে অনিাইন এ রিসখ এসেমছ শ েসি মন

রয় আোযাসট পা াচ মমমনসট মেসর আেসো

েযাে পা াচ মমমনটসক পায়োমিশ মমমনট কসর মেমন যখন মেসর এসিন েখন িপর

আড়াইসট রেসজ রগসছ মিস টা রেশ জানান মিসে োজার করার আসগ রকাথাও িাঞচ রেসর মনসে হসে

রগামড় ndash

গগমি খাসজ মাসন রোসন গগি োচচ কসর কাছাকামছ একটা রেচয়ান চাইমনে রিাকান পাওয়া রগি োড়াোমড় চসিা

োড়াোমড় চসিা িাঞচ রশষ হসয় যাসে- হসড়াহমড় কসর ররেটসরসে মগসয় ঢকিাম র েরটা রেশ োাকা োইসরও ছাোর

েিায় মকছ েোর েযােসথা আসছ আমরা োইসরই েেিাম খাওয়ার েসে েসে মমসে ররাদদসরর ওমটাও উপস াগ করা

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পরচে মিস রপসয়সছ আর োজাসরর োড়াও আসছ োই পসরর রসটপ চটপট রমন কািচ মনসয় অিচার রিওয়া এটা রেশ

শকত কাজ োইসর রথসক রিসখ রযমন মসন হয় ldquo একই েসনত িইটট কেম মহনদ মেিমানrdquo আেসি মকনত ো নয় রকাসনা

েযাপাসরই নয় খাোর েযাপাসর রো নয়ই ও মচিংমড় ািোসে আমম খাই না আমম রেয়ার মরে রখসে ািোমে ও পকচ খা

য় না গহযদধ আপােে সতমগে ররসখ শামনতপর চ েহােসথাসন মচসকনই রেসছ রনওয়া হসিা হট এে েওয়ার েপ মচসকন

রিামমন আর

রেচয়ান মচসকন উইথ বরকমি েপ রখসে রখসে িি করিাম আমাসির োমসনর রটমেসি এক দরসিাক এসে েেসিন

রযসহে চারপাসশ আর রকউ রনই োই রেৌজনযোর খামেসর হযাসিা েিিাম রকাসনা পরমে উ ততর রপিাম না উমন একটা

মনউে রপপার পড়সে েযসত

একট অোক িাগসিা মেরকতও হিাম যখন রিখিাম ওসয়সেে এসে োমসনর রিাকসক মেনা অিচাসর এক রোি বরাউন

রাইে আর এক োটট েপ মিসয় রগি

এ মক রর োো আমরা আসগ এসে অিচার মিসয় েপ রখসয় েসে আমছ আর ইমন রকাথাকার রকান জমমিার এসিন রয আ

োর েরে েসে ldquo রমঘ না চাইসে জসিরrdquo মসো খাোর এসে রগি োও যমি মপরনস অে ওসয়িে হে রিসখ রো রেমন

মকছ মসন হয়না না আাচড়াসনা মাথা মেচ োিা কাসিা চি রকমন রযন ldquo রাম গড়সরর ছানা হােসে োসির মানারrdquo ম

রো মখ োর ওপর মসখ রেশ কসয়ক মিসনর িামড় পযাে-োসটচরও রকাসনা চাকমচকয রনই

আসরা রাগ রহাসিা রয আমরা খাোসরর জসনয হা মপসেযশ কসর েসে আমছ আর মেমন মকনা মন মিসয় কাগজই পসর যা

রেন খাোসরর মিসক রকাসনা ভরসিপ রনই খাোর রযমন কার রেমন পসড়ই আসছ যাইসহাক আমাসির খাোর এসে যা

ওয়ায় আর রকাসনা মিসক নজর না মিসয় খাোসর মসনামনসেশ করিাম এখাসন এই পরথম এিাম মিস র জসনয রহাক ো

োড়ার জসনযই রহাক খাোরটা রেশ াসিা এনজয় করমছিাম

িশয েিি হসিা একটট ঝকঝসক ২০-

২১ েছসরর রমসয় এসে েেসিা আমাসির োমসনর রটমেসি ওই দরসিাসকর োমসন ও-

মা রিসখা কাে দরসিাসকর র াি এসকোসর েিসি রগি হোে রযন ওনার োমসন কইন এমিজাসেথ এসে েসেসছন

এসকোসর আহলাসি গিগি রমসয়টট মকনত োসে খে গিসছ েসি মসন হসে না ইমে মস য ওসয়সেে এসে রগি রমসয়টট

রমন কাসিচর এপাো ওপাো খাসজ মক মক েে অিচার মিসিা দরসিাসকর খাোর রযমন কার রেমমন পসড় আসছ উমন খ

ে অননয় মেনয় কসর রমসয়টটসক মকছ েিসছ রমসয়টট রকাসনা পাততাই মিসে না

আমার খাওয়া মাথায় উেসিা পামপয়া েসিসছ রছাসটা গলপ মিেসের জসনয গলপ ররমি করসে রেটার মথম যমি এখান রথ

রক পাই োহসি আর আমায় রিসখ রক োমড় মেসর মিখসে আর কেিন েেরািং মসখ খাওয়া ছাড়া রচাখ কান পসরাপ

মর ওই রটমেসি েমপ চন করিাম রক জাসন অেম েয়েী রপরম মক না োজার করসে যাওয়া মাথায় উেসিা রেশ ইোসর

মসটিং রসটামর হসেরশষ না রিসখ নড়মছনা

রমসয়টট ইয়ািং রিখসে সমাটচ মকনত হাে াে রেশ রাে দরসিাক মকছ েিসছনরমসয়টট রকাসনা উততরই মিসে না একোর

রেি রোন একোর মক মরিং কখসনাো োইসরর মিসক োমকসয় রসয়সছ অথচ দরসিাক েসিই যাসেন রপরমািাপ হসে

নামক এে অননয় মেনয় মকসের

হোে রমসয়টট রেশ রজাসর আর রকসটসকসট েসি উেসিা

আই রটালড ইউ টাইম এে এসগন আই রিাে ওয়াে এমনমথিং েরম ইউ মপমরসয়ি রিাে েিার মম এমন রমার-

দরসিাক মক োর ার াসর এখন োর গিার সবরও একট উচচ পিচায় আসরা কাকমে মমনমে আসরা অননয় আমারই

মায়া িাগমছি ওনাসক রিসখ

--ইউ রিাে মনি োট আই িাইক ট মগ ইউ েমমথিং রহায়াট এোউট এন আইপযাি

--আই রিাে মনি এমন আইপযাি

--ইউ মনি ের ইসয়ার সকি-

--ইউ রিাে হযা ট মথঙক এেযাউট মাই সকি-মাই িাইে-মাই এনমথিং

--রহায়াট এোউট আপসেমিঙ ইওর রেি রোন ট আই রোন ৬

--রনা মিে রিাে েিার মম আই রিাে ওয়াে নামথিং েরম ইউ

নাটক রেশ জসম উসেসছ আমম আসসত আসসত খাঝে যাসে নাটসকর রশষ িসশযর আসগ আমার খাওয়া না রশষ হয় আ

মার রটমেসিও গজগজামন আরমভ হসয় রগসছ

ldquoএ াসে অসনযর েযাপাসর ই ে ডরপ করার মক িরকার এখন আর োজাসরর োড়া রনই নাযতত েে রমসয়মি েযাপার

rdquoআমম েখন মপসে মিসয়মছ কসিা কাসন মিসয়মছ কসিা এসেোসর নট নড়র চড়ররিমখ মক হয়

ইমেমস য রমসয়টটর খাোর এসে রগি একটা রেশ েড় েড় একটা রটক আউট

ওমা এখাসন েসে খাসেনা আমার মনটা একট িসম রগি

--ও রক আই হযা ট রগা- েসি রমসয়টট পযাসকটটট মনসয় রেমরসয় রগি

দরসিাসকর করর মসখর মিসক োমকসয় আমারই খারাপ িাগমছি হোে রিমখ রমসয়টট আোর মেসর এসিা রটমেসি

েসে ঝজসেে করি-

োই িা ওসয় রনকসট উইক ইে োিাে চ রি রহায়াট কযান আই ি ের ইউ রহায়াট েি আই োই ের ইউ রহায়াট ি ইউ

ওয়াে েরম মম

রটি মম রহায়াট েযি আই ি মামী িাে নট মমট মে ইউ

মেসের পরশামনত মসখ মনসয় দরসিাক রমসয়টটর হাে সর মসখর মিসক োমকসয় েিসিন আই রিাে মনি এমনমথিং মিয়ার

ইউ ইউ আর িা রেসট মগেট অে মাই িাইে আই িা ইউ

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Ranu Pal and Dhananjay Pal

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কিaacuteবাস িক িলেখেছন বািল-রাবণ কািহনীেত তা Qদখা যাক - পিbম সাগের Qগলা বািল আটশত Qযাজন Qলেজ বািধয়া রাবেণের ডবায় পািনর িভতর পািন খাইয়া রাবণ রাজা হইল ফাফর হাকচ পাকচ কের রাবণ পাইয়া তরােস কিড় হােথ টােন তব বAringন নািহ খেস অিত দীঘল Qলজ বািলর Qযাজন প_ােশ

জেলর িভতর রাবণ রাজা বািল আকােশ চাির সাগের সAring2া কের ধ2ান নািহ লেড় রাবণ লইয়া বািল Qদেশর তের চেল

রামায়ণ কািহনীর এই ফলকিট িবsপের কাছাকািছ অবিত দিট Qপাড়ামািটর মিGের রেয়েছ মিGর দিট হল শ2ামরায় প_রecirc মিGর (১৬৪৩) এবং QকVরায় মিGর (১৬৫৫) এখােন শ2ামরায় মিGের Qয ফলকিট রেয়েছ Qসিটর ছিব Qদওয়া হল একটা িদেনর জন2 িবsপর Qবড়ােত Qগেল 5চর মিGর Qদখেত পাওয়া সAumlব zwnjধ এটক উেCcedilখ কির িবsপের অবিত িতনিট Qপাড়ামািটর মিGর [শ2ামরায় মিGর কsরায় মিGর এবং মদনেমাহন মিGর] Qদখেলই রামায়ণ মহাভারত এবং rকs জীবেনর অজf Qটরােকাটা ফলক Qদখেত স^ম হেবন দশ-ক এবং যা অন2p Qদখা সAumlব নয়

ছিব ৩- সীতাহরণ কের রাবণ যখন রেথ চেড় আকাশপেথ লংকা িফরিছেলন পেথর মােঝ সপােacirc-র সে Qদখা হয় সপাacirc- রথ সেমত রাবণেক িগেল খাবার QচVা করেল রেথর মেধ2 সীতােক Qদেখ সপাacirc- রাবণেক Qছেড় Qদয় চারবাংলা মিGর

বড়নগর মিশ-দাবাদ

ততীয় ঘটনা - সীতাহরণ কের পoacuteক রেথ আকাশ পেথ লংকা িফরেছন রাবণ গaringেড়র Qজ2Y পp সLািতর সSান সপাacirc- রাবণ সেমত রথ িগেল খাবার উপograveম কের রেথর মেধ2 সীতা থাকায় নারী হত2া হেয় যােব এই আশocircায় রথ উগের Qফেলন সপাacirc- রাবণ র^া পান এবং সীতােক িনেয় লংকা রওনা হন

এই সপাacirc- কািহনী িবষেয় কিaacuteবাস িলেখেছন - এেতক ভািবয়া রাবণ যায় অSরীে^ সপাacirc- প^রাজ Qদিখল সমেখ

hellip hellip hellip hellip hellip hellip hellip hellip রেথর সিহত রাবণ িগিলবাের আইেস ল^ ল^ yব রাবণ কিরেছ তরােস রেথর উপের কন2া zwnjন মহাশয় সংহার কিরেল রথ agraveীবধ হয় িগল2ািছল রথখান উগািরয়া Qফেল করেযােড় দশানন প^রােজ বেল আপন কােয-2 যাই আিম zwnjন মহাecircন পরাজয় মািনল আিম লocircার রাবণ

সপাacirc- কািহনীর ফলক অেনক মিGের রেয়েছ এখােন আিজমগেEacuteর কােছ বড়নগের রানী ভবানী 5িতিYত চারচালা িশব মিGেরর ফলকিট Qদখােনা হেয়েছ

বাংলার Qপাড়ামািটর মিGরzwnjিলেত অজf Qটরােকাটা ফলক Qদখেত পাওয়া যােব Qসzwnjিলর িদেক Qচাখ রাখেল Qয Qকান দশ-ক অন2 জগেতর সAringান পােবন তা Qজার গলায় বলেত পাির

আই লাভ ইউ-Swapna Ray

জন মাসের মাঝামাঝঝ হাড় কাাপাসনা শীসের পসর কাাচা-

মমসে ররাদদরটা রেশ উপস াগয মকনত উপস াগ করার েময় রকাথায় োরা েপতাসহর পা াচটা মিন একটা চাকমর কমর

আর উইকএসে িসটা ছটটর মিন যা কমর ো চারসট চাকমরর েমান কখনও ঝাড়িারমন কখনও র াপানী আোর কখসনা

গাসনর মিমিমমন কাসজর মক রশষ আসছ

এমনই এক রমেোসর োমড়র মেনসট চাকমর রশষ কসর োজার েরকাসরর টমপটট পসর হাসে োজাসরর মিসটটট মনসয় আম

রা িজসন রেমরসয়মছ রাহসির আোর ছসোর মমমির কাসজ খে উেোহ োইসর রেসরাসিই রছাটসেিার রচারসচারসখিার

েমড় রছা ায়ার মে রহাম মিসপাসে একোর রযসেই হসে যথারীমে আমাসক সবানতনা মিসয় রকসট পড়ি-

আমম এই যাে আর আেসো একটা ঝজমনে রেরে রিওয়া আর একটা ঝজমনে অনিাইন এ রিসখ এসেমছ শ েসি মন

রয় আোযাসট পা াচ মমমনসট মেসর আেসো

েযাে পা াচ মমমনটসক পায়োমিশ মমমনট কসর মেমন যখন মেসর এসিন েখন িপর

আড়াইসট রেসজ রগসছ মিস টা রেশ জানান মিসে োজার করার আসগ রকাথাও িাঞচ রেসর মনসে হসে

রগামড় ndash

গগমি খাসজ মাসন রোসন গগি োচচ কসর কাছাকামছ একটা রেচয়ান চাইমনে রিাকান পাওয়া রগি োড়াোমড় চসিা

োড়াোমড় চসিা িাঞচ রশষ হসয় যাসে- হসড়াহমড় কসর ররেটসরসে মগসয় ঢকিাম র েরটা রেশ োাকা োইসরও ছাোর

েিায় মকছ েোর েযােসথা আসছ আমরা োইসরই েেিাম খাওয়ার েসে েসে মমসে ররাদদসরর ওমটাও উপস াগ করা

যাসে

পরচে মিস রপসয়সছ আর োজাসরর োড়াও আসছ োই পসরর রসটপ চটপট রমন কািচ মনসয় অিচার রিওয়া এটা রেশ

শকত কাজ োইসর রথসক রিসখ রযমন মসন হয় ldquo একই েসনত িইটট কেম মহনদ মেিমানrdquo আেসি মকনত ো নয় রকাসনা

েযাপাসরই নয় খাোর েযাপাসর রো নয়ই ও মচিংমড় ািোসে আমম খাই না আমম রেয়ার মরে রখসে ািোমে ও পকচ খা

য় না গহযদধ আপােে সতমগে ররসখ শামনতপর চ েহােসথাসন মচসকনই রেসছ রনওয়া হসিা হট এে েওয়ার েপ মচসকন

রিামমন আর

রেচয়ান মচসকন উইথ বরকমি েপ রখসে রখসে িি করিাম আমাসির োমসনর রটমেসি এক দরসিাক এসে েেসিন

রযসহে চারপাসশ আর রকউ রনই োই রেৌজনযোর খামেসর হযাসিা েিিাম রকাসনা পরমে উ ততর রপিাম না উমন একটা

মনউে রপপার পড়সে েযসত

একট অোক িাগসিা মেরকতও হিাম যখন রিখিাম ওসয়সেে এসে োমসনর রিাকসক মেনা অিচাসর এক রোি বরাউন

রাইে আর এক োটট েপ মিসয় রগি

এ মক রর োো আমরা আসগ এসে অিচার মিসয় েপ রখসয় েসে আমছ আর ইমন রকাথাকার রকান জমমিার এসিন রয আ

োর েরে েসে ldquo রমঘ না চাইসে জসিরrdquo মসো খাোর এসে রগি োও যমি মপরনস অে ওসয়িে হে রিসখ রো রেমন

মকছ মসন হয়না না আাচড়াসনা মাথা মেচ োিা কাসিা চি রকমন রযন ldquo রাম গড়সরর ছানা হােসে োসির মানারrdquo ম

রো মখ োর ওপর মসখ রেশ কসয়ক মিসনর িামড় পযাে-োসটচরও রকাসনা চাকমচকয রনই

আসরা রাগ রহাসিা রয আমরা খাোসরর জসনয হা মপসেযশ কসর েসে আমছ আর মেমন মকনা মন মিসয় কাগজই পসর যা

রেন খাোসরর মিসক রকাসনা ভরসিপ রনই খাোর রযমন কার রেমন পসড়ই আসছ যাইসহাক আমাসির খাোর এসে যা

ওয়ায় আর রকাসনা মিসক নজর না মিসয় খাোসর মসনামনসেশ করিাম এখাসন এই পরথম এিাম মিস র জসনয রহাক ো

োড়ার জসনযই রহাক খাোরটা রেশ াসিা এনজয় করমছিাম

িশয েিি হসিা একটট ঝকঝসক ২০-

২১ েছসরর রমসয় এসে েেসিা আমাসির োমসনর রটমেসি ওই দরসিাসকর োমসন ও-

মা রিসখা কাে দরসিাসকর র াি এসকোসর েিসি রগি হোে রযন ওনার োমসন কইন এমিজাসেথ এসে েসেসছন

এসকোসর আহলাসি গিগি রমসয়টট মকনত োসে খে গিসছ েসি মসন হসে না ইমে মস য ওসয়সেে এসে রগি রমসয়টট

রমন কাসিচর এপাো ওপাো খাসজ মক মক েে অিচার মিসিা দরসিাসকর খাোর রযমন কার রেমমন পসড় আসছ উমন খ

ে অননয় মেনয় কসর রমসয়টটসক মকছ েিসছ রমসয়টট রকাসনা পাততাই মিসে না

আমার খাওয়া মাথায় উেসিা পামপয়া েসিসছ রছাসটা গলপ মিেসের জসনয গলপ ররমি করসে রেটার মথম যমি এখান রথ

রক পাই োহসি আর আমায় রিসখ রক োমড় মেসর মিখসে আর কেিন েেরািং মসখ খাওয়া ছাড়া রচাখ কান পসরাপ

মর ওই রটমেসি েমপ চন করিাম রক জাসন অেম েয়েী রপরম মক না োজার করসে যাওয়া মাথায় উেসিা রেশ ইোসর

মসটিং রসটামর হসেরশষ না রিসখ নড়মছনা

রমসয়টট ইয়ািং রিখসে সমাটচ মকনত হাে াে রেশ রাে দরসিাক মকছ েিসছনরমসয়টট রকাসনা উততরই মিসে না একোর

রেি রোন একোর মক মরিং কখসনাো োইসরর মিসক োমকসয় রসয়সছ অথচ দরসিাক েসিই যাসেন রপরমািাপ হসে

নামক এে অননয় মেনয় মকসের

হোে রমসয়টট রেশ রজাসর আর রকসটসকসট েসি উেসিা

আই রটালড ইউ টাইম এে এসগন আই রিাে ওয়াে এমনমথিং েরম ইউ মপমরসয়ি রিাে েিার মম এমন রমার-

দরসিাক মক োর ার াসর এখন োর গিার সবরও একট উচচ পিচায় আসরা কাকমে মমনমে আসরা অননয় আমারই

মায়া িাগমছি ওনাসক রিসখ

--ইউ রিাে মনি োট আই িাইক ট মগ ইউ েমমথিং রহায়াট এোউট এন আইপযাি

--আই রিাে মনি এমন আইপযাি

--ইউ মনি ের ইসয়ার সকি-

--ইউ রিাে হযা ট মথঙক এেযাউট মাই সকি-মাই িাইে-মাই এনমথিং

--রহায়াট এোউট আপসেমিঙ ইওর রেি রোন ট আই রোন ৬

--রনা মিে রিাে েিার মম আই রিাে ওয়াে নামথিং েরম ইউ

নাটক রেশ জসম উসেসছ আমম আসসত আসসত খাঝে যাসে নাটসকর রশষ িসশযর আসগ আমার খাওয়া না রশষ হয় আ

মার রটমেসিও গজগজামন আরমভ হসয় রগসছ

ldquoএ াসে অসনযর েযাপাসর ই ে ডরপ করার মক িরকার এখন আর োজাসরর োড়া রনই নাযতত েে রমসয়মি েযাপার

rdquoআমম েখন মপসে মিসয়মছ কসিা কাসন মিসয়মছ কসিা এসেোসর নট নড়র চড়ররিমখ মক হয়

ইমেমস য রমসয়টটর খাোর এসে রগি একটা রেশ েড় েড় একটা রটক আউট

ওমা এখাসন েসে খাসেনা আমার মনটা একট িসম রগি

--ও রক আই হযা ট রগা- েসি রমসয়টট পযাসকটটট মনসয় রেমরসয় রগি

দরসিাসকর করর মসখর মিসক োমকসয় আমারই খারাপ িাগমছি হোে রিমখ রমসয়টট আোর মেসর এসিা রটমেসি

েসে ঝজসেে করি-

োই িা ওসয় রনকসট উইক ইে োিাে চ রি রহায়াট কযান আই ি ের ইউ রহায়াট েি আই োই ের ইউ রহায়াট ি ইউ

ওয়াে েরম মম

রটি মম রহায়াট েযি আই ি মামী িাে নট মমট মে ইউ

মেসের পরশামনত মসখ মনসয় দরসিাক রমসয়টটর হাে সর মসখর মিসক োমকসয় েিসিন আই রিাে মনি এমনমথিং মিয়ার

ইউ ইউ আর িা রেসট মগেট অে মাই িাইে আই িা ইউ

Editorial Board for Lawrenceutsav 2019 Fall Festival Magazine

Ranu Pal and Dhananjay Pal

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List of volunteers for Sondesh 1 Dolly Ganguly-50 2 Suvra Mullick-50

3 Tripti Bhaduri-50

4 Gouri Choudhury-50

5 Debjani Roy Choudhury-50

6 Era Kole (Dasami puja)-30

7 Sonali Choudhury-40

List of volunteers for Chutney 1 Aruna Chaudari-for 30 people 2 Aditi Dasgupta for 40 people 3 Minati Dhar-for 45 people 4 Sarmistha Banerjee-for 45 people 5 Dipali Pal-for 45 people 6 Era Kole-for 30 people 7 Jayashri Saha-for 30 people 8 Konika Pal-30 people 9 Ranu Pal-40 people

List of volunteers for Misti Doi 1 Ranu Pal-(2 tray) 2 Anju Mishra-(2 tray) 3 Usha saha-(2 tray) 4 Avipsha Maity- (1 tray) 5 Sipra Ghosh (1 tray) 6 Pally Barua (1 tray)

List of volunteers for Nadu 1 Seebalee Manna-50 2 Ranu Pal-50 3 Atasi roy-40 4 Jhunu Thapa-35 5 Pally Barua-35 6 Mita Nag-50 7 Abha Surana-50

Volunteers for Poori preparation 1 Ranu Pal 2 Anju Mishra 3 Jhunu Thapa 4 Bina Tembulkar 5 Subhamay Pramanik 6 Sandeep Kaur

Volunteers for Khichuri preparation 1 Ranu Pal 2 Anju Mishra 3 Subha Datta 4 Patrica Sabarwal

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Prasad distribution Sweta Chakrabarti Aditi Das Gupta and Dinah Dutta Artist transportation Prem Thapa Uday Tembulkar Priya Mishra Artist assistance Amitabh Choudhuri Soumen Paul Debshankar Mukhopadhyay

Event Coordinator Anju Mishra

Venue Preparation Sangeeta Garg Krishna Sharma Anju Mishra Patrica Sabarwal

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Puja flier Samalee Banerjee

Khichuri Ranu Pal Anju Mishra Patrica Sabarwal Shubha Datta

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ছিব ৩- সীতাহরণ কের রাবণ যখন রেথ চেড় আকাশপেথ লংকা িফরিছেলন পেথর মােঝ সপােacirc-র সে Qদখা হয় সপাacirc- রথ সেমত রাবণেক িগেল খাবার QচVা করেল রেথর মেধ2 সীতােক Qদেখ সপাacirc- রাবণেক Qছেড় Qদয় চারবাংলা মিGর

বড়নগর মিশ-দাবাদ

ততীয় ঘটনা - সীতাহরণ কের পoacuteক রেথ আকাশ পেথ লংকা িফরেছন রাবণ গaringেড়র Qজ2Y পp সLািতর সSান সপাacirc- রাবণ সেমত রথ িগেল খাবার উপograveম কের রেথর মেধ2 সীতা থাকায় নারী হত2া হেয় যােব এই আশocircায় রথ উগের Qফেলন সপাacirc- রাবণ র^া পান এবং সীতােক িনেয় লংকা রওনা হন

এই সপাacirc- কািহনী িবষেয় কিaacuteবাস িলেখেছন - এেতক ভািবয়া রাবণ যায় অSরীে^ সপাacirc- প^রাজ Qদিখল সমেখ

hellip hellip hellip hellip hellip hellip hellip hellip রেথর সিহত রাবণ িগিলবাের আইেস ল^ ল^ yব রাবণ কিরেছ তরােস রেথর উপের কন2া zwnjন মহাশয় সংহার কিরেল রথ agraveীবধ হয় িগল2ািছল রথখান উগািরয়া Qফেল করেযােড় দশানন প^রােজ বেল আপন কােয-2 যাই আিম zwnjন মহাecircন পরাজয় মািনল আিম লocircার রাবণ

সপাacirc- কািহনীর ফলক অেনক মিGের রেয়েছ এখােন আিজমগেEacuteর কােছ বড়নগের রানী ভবানী 5িতিYত চারচালা িশব মিGেরর ফলকিট Qদখােনা হেয়েছ

বাংলার Qপাড়ামািটর মিGরzwnjিলেত অজf Qটরােকাটা ফলক Qদখেত পাওয়া যােব Qসzwnjিলর িদেক Qচাখ রাখেল Qয Qকান দশ-ক অন2 জগেতর সAringান পােবন তা Qজার গলায় বলেত পাির

আই লাভ ইউ-Swapna Ray

জন মাসের মাঝামাঝঝ হাড় কাাপাসনা শীসের পসর কাাচা-

মমসে ররাদদরটা রেশ উপস াগয মকনত উপস াগ করার েময় রকাথায় োরা েপতাসহর পা াচটা মিন একটা চাকমর কমর

আর উইকএসে িসটা ছটটর মিন যা কমর ো চারসট চাকমরর েমান কখনও ঝাড়িারমন কখনও র াপানী আোর কখসনা

গাসনর মিমিমমন কাসজর মক রশষ আসছ

এমনই এক রমেোসর োমড়র মেনসট চাকমর রশষ কসর োজার েরকাসরর টমপটট পসর হাসে োজাসরর মিসটটট মনসয় আম

রা িজসন রেমরসয়মছ রাহসির আোর ছসোর মমমির কাসজ খে উেোহ োইসর রেসরাসিই রছাটসেিার রচারসচারসখিার

েমড় রছা ায়ার মে রহাম মিসপাসে একোর রযসেই হসে যথারীমে আমাসক সবানতনা মিসয় রকসট পড়ি-

আমম এই যাে আর আেসো একটা ঝজমনে রেরে রিওয়া আর একটা ঝজমনে অনিাইন এ রিসখ এসেমছ শ েসি মন

রয় আোযাসট পা াচ মমমনসট মেসর আেসো

েযাে পা াচ মমমনটসক পায়োমিশ মমমনট কসর মেমন যখন মেসর এসিন েখন িপর

আড়াইসট রেসজ রগসছ মিস টা রেশ জানান মিসে োজার করার আসগ রকাথাও িাঞচ রেসর মনসে হসে

রগামড় ndash

গগমি খাসজ মাসন রোসন গগি োচচ কসর কাছাকামছ একটা রেচয়ান চাইমনে রিাকান পাওয়া রগি োড়াোমড় চসিা

োড়াোমড় চসিা িাঞচ রশষ হসয় যাসে- হসড়াহমড় কসর ররেটসরসে মগসয় ঢকিাম র েরটা রেশ োাকা োইসরও ছাোর

েিায় মকছ েোর েযােসথা আসছ আমরা োইসরই েেিাম খাওয়ার েসে েসে মমসে ররাদদসরর ওমটাও উপস াগ করা

যাসে

পরচে মিস রপসয়সছ আর োজাসরর োড়াও আসছ োই পসরর রসটপ চটপট রমন কািচ মনসয় অিচার রিওয়া এটা রেশ

শকত কাজ োইসর রথসক রিসখ রযমন মসন হয় ldquo একই েসনত িইটট কেম মহনদ মেিমানrdquo আেসি মকনত ো নয় রকাসনা

েযাপাসরই নয় খাোর েযাপাসর রো নয়ই ও মচিংমড় ািোসে আমম খাই না আমম রেয়ার মরে রখসে ািোমে ও পকচ খা

য় না গহযদধ আপােে সতমগে ররসখ শামনতপর চ েহােসথাসন মচসকনই রেসছ রনওয়া হসিা হট এে েওয়ার েপ মচসকন

রিামমন আর

রেচয়ান মচসকন উইথ বরকমি েপ রখসে রখসে িি করিাম আমাসির োমসনর রটমেসি এক দরসিাক এসে েেসিন

রযসহে চারপাসশ আর রকউ রনই োই রেৌজনযোর খামেসর হযাসিা েিিাম রকাসনা পরমে উ ততর রপিাম না উমন একটা

মনউে রপপার পড়সে েযসত

একট অোক িাগসিা মেরকতও হিাম যখন রিখিাম ওসয়সেে এসে োমসনর রিাকসক মেনা অিচাসর এক রোি বরাউন

রাইে আর এক োটট েপ মিসয় রগি

এ মক রর োো আমরা আসগ এসে অিচার মিসয় েপ রখসয় েসে আমছ আর ইমন রকাথাকার রকান জমমিার এসিন রয আ

োর েরে েসে ldquo রমঘ না চাইসে জসিরrdquo মসো খাোর এসে রগি োও যমি মপরনস অে ওসয়িে হে রিসখ রো রেমন

মকছ মসন হয়না না আাচড়াসনা মাথা মেচ োিা কাসিা চি রকমন রযন ldquo রাম গড়সরর ছানা হােসে োসির মানারrdquo ম

রো মখ োর ওপর মসখ রেশ কসয়ক মিসনর িামড় পযাে-োসটচরও রকাসনা চাকমচকয রনই

আসরা রাগ রহাসিা রয আমরা খাোসরর জসনয হা মপসেযশ কসর েসে আমছ আর মেমন মকনা মন মিসয় কাগজই পসর যা

রেন খাোসরর মিসক রকাসনা ভরসিপ রনই খাোর রযমন কার রেমন পসড়ই আসছ যাইসহাক আমাসির খাোর এসে যা

ওয়ায় আর রকাসনা মিসক নজর না মিসয় খাোসর মসনামনসেশ করিাম এখাসন এই পরথম এিাম মিস র জসনয রহাক ো

োড়ার জসনযই রহাক খাোরটা রেশ াসিা এনজয় করমছিাম

িশয েিি হসিা একটট ঝকঝসক ২০-

২১ েছসরর রমসয় এসে েেসিা আমাসির োমসনর রটমেসি ওই দরসিাসকর োমসন ও-

মা রিসখা কাে দরসিাসকর র াি এসকোসর েিসি রগি হোে রযন ওনার োমসন কইন এমিজাসেথ এসে েসেসছন

এসকোসর আহলাসি গিগি রমসয়টট মকনত োসে খে গিসছ েসি মসন হসে না ইমে মস য ওসয়সেে এসে রগি রমসয়টট

রমন কাসিচর এপাো ওপাো খাসজ মক মক েে অিচার মিসিা দরসিাসকর খাোর রযমন কার রেমমন পসড় আসছ উমন খ

ে অননয় মেনয় কসর রমসয়টটসক মকছ েিসছ রমসয়টট রকাসনা পাততাই মিসে না

আমার খাওয়া মাথায় উেসিা পামপয়া েসিসছ রছাসটা গলপ মিেসের জসনয গলপ ররমি করসে রেটার মথম যমি এখান রথ

রক পাই োহসি আর আমায় রিসখ রক োমড় মেসর মিখসে আর কেিন েেরািং মসখ খাওয়া ছাড়া রচাখ কান পসরাপ

মর ওই রটমেসি েমপ চন করিাম রক জাসন অেম েয়েী রপরম মক না োজার করসে যাওয়া মাথায় উেসিা রেশ ইোসর

মসটিং রসটামর হসেরশষ না রিসখ নড়মছনা

রমসয়টট ইয়ািং রিখসে সমাটচ মকনত হাে াে রেশ রাে দরসিাক মকছ েিসছনরমসয়টট রকাসনা উততরই মিসে না একোর

রেি রোন একোর মক মরিং কখসনাো োইসরর মিসক োমকসয় রসয়সছ অথচ দরসিাক েসিই যাসেন রপরমািাপ হসে

নামক এে অননয় মেনয় মকসের

হোে রমসয়টট রেশ রজাসর আর রকসটসকসট েসি উেসিা

আই রটালড ইউ টাইম এে এসগন আই রিাে ওয়াে এমনমথিং েরম ইউ মপমরসয়ি রিাে েিার মম এমন রমার-

দরসিাক মক োর ার াসর এখন োর গিার সবরও একট উচচ পিচায় আসরা কাকমে মমনমে আসরা অননয় আমারই

মায়া িাগমছি ওনাসক রিসখ

--ইউ রিাে মনি োট আই িাইক ট মগ ইউ েমমথিং রহায়াট এোউট এন আইপযাি

--আই রিাে মনি এমন আইপযাি

--ইউ মনি ের ইসয়ার সকি-

--ইউ রিাে হযা ট মথঙক এেযাউট মাই সকি-মাই িাইে-মাই এনমথিং

--রহায়াট এোউট আপসেমিঙ ইওর রেি রোন ট আই রোন ৬

--রনা মিে রিাে েিার মম আই রিাে ওয়াে নামথিং েরম ইউ

নাটক রেশ জসম উসেসছ আমম আসসত আসসত খাঝে যাসে নাটসকর রশষ িসশযর আসগ আমার খাওয়া না রশষ হয় আ

মার রটমেসিও গজগজামন আরমভ হসয় রগসছ

ldquoএ াসে অসনযর েযাপাসর ই ে ডরপ করার মক িরকার এখন আর োজাসরর োড়া রনই নাযতত েে রমসয়মি েযাপার

rdquoআমম েখন মপসে মিসয়মছ কসিা কাসন মিসয়মছ কসিা এসেোসর নট নড়র চড়ররিমখ মক হয়

ইমেমস য রমসয়টটর খাোর এসে রগি একটা রেশ েড় েড় একটা রটক আউট

ওমা এখাসন েসে খাসেনা আমার মনটা একট িসম রগি

--ও রক আই হযা ট রগা- েসি রমসয়টট পযাসকটটট মনসয় রেমরসয় রগি

দরসিাসকর করর মসখর মিসক োমকসয় আমারই খারাপ িাগমছি হোে রিমখ রমসয়টট আোর মেসর এসিা রটমেসি

েসে ঝজসেে করি-

োই িা ওসয় রনকসট উইক ইে োিাে চ রি রহায়াট কযান আই ি ের ইউ রহায়াট েি আই োই ের ইউ রহায়াট ি ইউ

ওয়াে েরম মম

রটি মম রহায়াট েযি আই ি মামী িাে নট মমট মে ইউ

মেসের পরশামনত মসখ মনসয় দরসিাক রমসয়টটর হাে সর মসখর মিসক োমকসয় েিসিন আই রিাে মনি এমনমথিং মিয়ার

ইউ ইউ আর িা রেসট মগেট অে মাই িাইে আই িা ইউ

Editorial Board for Lawrenceutsav 2019 Fall Festival Magazine

Ranu Pal and Dhananjay Pal

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জন মাসের মাঝামাঝঝ হাড় কাাপাসনা শীসের পসর কাাচা-

মমসে ররাদদরটা রেশ উপস াগয মকনত উপস াগ করার েময় রকাথায় োরা েপতাসহর পা াচটা মিন একটা চাকমর কমর

আর উইকএসে িসটা ছটটর মিন যা কমর ো চারসট চাকমরর েমান কখনও ঝাড়িারমন কখনও র াপানী আোর কখসনা

গাসনর মিমিমমন কাসজর মক রশষ আসছ

এমনই এক রমেোসর োমড়র মেনসট চাকমর রশষ কসর োজার েরকাসরর টমপটট পসর হাসে োজাসরর মিসটটট মনসয় আম

রা িজসন রেমরসয়মছ রাহসির আোর ছসোর মমমির কাসজ খে উেোহ োইসর রেসরাসিই রছাটসেিার রচারসচারসখিার

েমড় রছা ায়ার মে রহাম মিসপাসে একোর রযসেই হসে যথারীমে আমাসক সবানতনা মিসয় রকসট পড়ি-

আমম এই যাে আর আেসো একটা ঝজমনে রেরে রিওয়া আর একটা ঝজমনে অনিাইন এ রিসখ এসেমছ শ েসি মন

রয় আোযাসট পা াচ মমমনসট মেসর আেসো

েযাে পা াচ মমমনটসক পায়োমিশ মমমনট কসর মেমন যখন মেসর এসিন েখন িপর

আড়াইসট রেসজ রগসছ মিস টা রেশ জানান মিসে োজার করার আসগ রকাথাও িাঞচ রেসর মনসে হসে

রগামড় ndash

গগমি খাসজ মাসন রোসন গগি োচচ কসর কাছাকামছ একটা রেচয়ান চাইমনে রিাকান পাওয়া রগি োড়াোমড় চসিা

োড়াোমড় চসিা িাঞচ রশষ হসয় যাসে- হসড়াহমড় কসর ররেটসরসে মগসয় ঢকিাম র েরটা রেশ োাকা োইসরও ছাোর

েিায় মকছ েোর েযােসথা আসছ আমরা োইসরই েেিাম খাওয়ার েসে েসে মমসে ররাদদসরর ওমটাও উপস াগ করা

যাসে

পরচে মিস রপসয়সছ আর োজাসরর োড়াও আসছ োই পসরর রসটপ চটপট রমন কািচ মনসয় অিচার রিওয়া এটা রেশ

শকত কাজ োইসর রথসক রিসখ রযমন মসন হয় ldquo একই েসনত িইটট কেম মহনদ মেিমানrdquo আেসি মকনত ো নয় রকাসনা

েযাপাসরই নয় খাোর েযাপাসর রো নয়ই ও মচিংমড় ািোসে আমম খাই না আমম রেয়ার মরে রখসে ািোমে ও পকচ খা

য় না গহযদধ আপােে সতমগে ররসখ শামনতপর চ েহােসথাসন মচসকনই রেসছ রনওয়া হসিা হট এে েওয়ার েপ মচসকন

রিামমন আর

রেচয়ান মচসকন উইথ বরকমি েপ রখসে রখসে িি করিাম আমাসির োমসনর রটমেসি এক দরসিাক এসে েেসিন

রযসহে চারপাসশ আর রকউ রনই োই রেৌজনযোর খামেসর হযাসিা েিিাম রকাসনা পরমে উ ততর রপিাম না উমন একটা

মনউে রপপার পড়সে েযসত

একট অোক িাগসিা মেরকতও হিাম যখন রিখিাম ওসয়সেে এসে োমসনর রিাকসক মেনা অিচাসর এক রোি বরাউন

রাইে আর এক োটট েপ মিসয় রগি

এ মক রর োো আমরা আসগ এসে অিচার মিসয় েপ রখসয় েসে আমছ আর ইমন রকাথাকার রকান জমমিার এসিন রয আ

োর েরে েসে ldquo রমঘ না চাইসে জসিরrdquo মসো খাোর এসে রগি োও যমি মপরনস অে ওসয়িে হে রিসখ রো রেমন

মকছ মসন হয়না না আাচড়াসনা মাথা মেচ োিা কাসিা চি রকমন রযন ldquo রাম গড়সরর ছানা হােসে োসির মানারrdquo ম

রো মখ োর ওপর মসখ রেশ কসয়ক মিসনর িামড় পযাে-োসটচরও রকাসনা চাকমচকয রনই

আসরা রাগ রহাসিা রয আমরা খাোসরর জসনয হা মপসেযশ কসর েসে আমছ আর মেমন মকনা মন মিসয় কাগজই পসর যা

রেন খাোসরর মিসক রকাসনা ভরসিপ রনই খাোর রযমন কার রেমন পসড়ই আসছ যাইসহাক আমাসির খাোর এসে যা

ওয়ায় আর রকাসনা মিসক নজর না মিসয় খাোসর মসনামনসেশ করিাম এখাসন এই পরথম এিাম মিস র জসনয রহাক ো

োড়ার জসনযই রহাক খাোরটা রেশ াসিা এনজয় করমছিাম

িশয েিি হসিা একটট ঝকঝসক ২০-

২১ েছসরর রমসয় এসে েেসিা আমাসির োমসনর রটমেসি ওই দরসিাসকর োমসন ও-

মা রিসখা কাে দরসিাসকর র াি এসকোসর েিসি রগি হোে রযন ওনার োমসন কইন এমিজাসেথ এসে েসেসছন

এসকোসর আহলাসি গিগি রমসয়টট মকনত োসে খে গিসছ েসি মসন হসে না ইমে মস য ওসয়সেে এসে রগি রমসয়টট

রমন কাসিচর এপাো ওপাো খাসজ মক মক েে অিচার মিসিা দরসিাসকর খাোর রযমন কার রেমমন পসড় আসছ উমন খ

ে অননয় মেনয় কসর রমসয়টটসক মকছ েিসছ রমসয়টট রকাসনা পাততাই মিসে না

আমার খাওয়া মাথায় উেসিা পামপয়া েসিসছ রছাসটা গলপ মিেসের জসনয গলপ ররমি করসে রেটার মথম যমি এখান রথ

রক পাই োহসি আর আমায় রিসখ রক োমড় মেসর মিখসে আর কেিন েেরািং মসখ খাওয়া ছাড়া রচাখ কান পসরাপ

মর ওই রটমেসি েমপ চন করিাম রক জাসন অেম েয়েী রপরম মক না োজার করসে যাওয়া মাথায় উেসিা রেশ ইোসর

মসটিং রসটামর হসেরশষ না রিসখ নড়মছনা

রমসয়টট ইয়ািং রিখসে সমাটচ মকনত হাে াে রেশ রাে দরসিাক মকছ েিসছনরমসয়টট রকাসনা উততরই মিসে না একোর

রেি রোন একোর মক মরিং কখসনাো োইসরর মিসক োমকসয় রসয়সছ অথচ দরসিাক েসিই যাসেন রপরমািাপ হসে

নামক এে অননয় মেনয় মকসের

হোে রমসয়টট রেশ রজাসর আর রকসটসকসট েসি উেসিা

আই রটালড ইউ টাইম এে এসগন আই রিাে ওয়াে এমনমথিং েরম ইউ মপমরসয়ি রিাে েিার মম এমন রমার-

দরসিাক মক োর ার াসর এখন োর গিার সবরও একট উচচ পিচায় আসরা কাকমে মমনমে আসরা অননয় আমারই

মায়া িাগমছি ওনাসক রিসখ

--ইউ রিাে মনি োট আই িাইক ট মগ ইউ েমমথিং রহায়াট এোউট এন আইপযাি

--আই রিাে মনি এমন আইপযাি

--ইউ মনি ের ইসয়ার সকি-

--ইউ রিাে হযা ট মথঙক এেযাউট মাই সকি-মাই িাইে-মাই এনমথিং

--রহায়াট এোউট আপসেমিঙ ইওর রেি রোন ট আই রোন ৬

--রনা মিে রিাে েিার মম আই রিাে ওয়াে নামথিং েরম ইউ

নাটক রেশ জসম উসেসছ আমম আসসত আসসত খাঝে যাসে নাটসকর রশষ িসশযর আসগ আমার খাওয়া না রশষ হয় আ

মার রটমেসিও গজগজামন আরমভ হসয় রগসছ

ldquoএ াসে অসনযর েযাপাসর ই ে ডরপ করার মক িরকার এখন আর োজাসরর োড়া রনই নাযতত েে রমসয়মি েযাপার

rdquoআমম েখন মপসে মিসয়মছ কসিা কাসন মিসয়মছ কসিা এসেোসর নট নড়র চড়ররিমখ মক হয়

ইমেমস য রমসয়টটর খাোর এসে রগি একটা রেশ েড় েড় একটা রটক আউট

ওমা এখাসন েসে খাসেনা আমার মনটা একট িসম রগি

--ও রক আই হযা ট রগা- েসি রমসয়টট পযাসকটটট মনসয় রেমরসয় রগি

দরসিাসকর করর মসখর মিসক োমকসয় আমারই খারাপ িাগমছি হোে রিমখ রমসয়টট আোর মেসর এসিা রটমেসি

েসে ঝজসেে করি-

োই িা ওসয় রনকসট উইক ইে োিাে চ রি রহায়াট কযান আই ি ের ইউ রহায়াট েি আই োই ের ইউ রহায়াট ি ইউ

ওয়াে েরম মম

রটি মম রহায়াট েযি আই ি মামী িাে নট মমট মে ইউ

মেসের পরশামনত মসখ মনসয় দরসিাক রমসয়টটর হাে সর মসখর মিসক োমকসয় েিসিন আই রিাে মনি এমনমথিং মিয়ার

ইউ ইউ আর িা রেসট মগেট অে মাই িাইে আই িা ইউ

Editorial Board for Lawrenceutsav 2019 Fall Festival Magazine

Ranu Pal and Dhananjay Pal

Front cover page designed by Debraj Banerjee

Published by

Lawrenceutsav

2204 Riviera Dr Lawrence KS 66047

Disclaimer

The editorial board of this fall festival magazine and the members of the

Lawrenceutsav organization will not be held responsible in way now or in the future

for the accuracy and authenticity of any article or material published in the

magazine The contents published are the opinions of the authors If you have any

query regarding any published material you may contact the author directly The

Lawrenceutsav will not publish any comments regarding the individual

Fall festivalMSDP organizing committee

Sanjay Mishra Dhananjay Pal Ranjan Barua Apurba Datta Ranu Pal Anju Mishra

Pradip Maity and Avipsha Maity

Lawrenceutsav web-site design and maintenance Sujata Mallik

Facebook maintenance Avipsha Maity and Amritangshu Chakrabarty

List of volunteers for Sondesh 1 Dolly Ganguly-50 2 Suvra Mullick-50

3 Tripti Bhaduri-50

4 Gouri Choudhury-50

5 Debjani Roy Choudhury-50

6 Era Kole (Dasami puja)-30

7 Sonali Choudhury-40

List of volunteers for Chutney 1 Aruna Chaudari-for 30 people 2 Aditi Dasgupta for 40 people 3 Minati Dhar-for 45 people 4 Sarmistha Banerjee-for 45 people 5 Dipali Pal-for 45 people 6 Era Kole-for 30 people 7 Jayashri Saha-for 30 people 8 Konika Pal-30 people 9 Ranu Pal-40 people

List of volunteers for Misti Doi 1 Ranu Pal-(2 tray) 2 Anju Mishra-(2 tray) 3 Usha saha-(2 tray) 4 Avipsha Maity- (1 tray) 5 Sipra Ghosh (1 tray) 6 Pally Barua (1 tray)

List of volunteers for Nadu 1 Seebalee Manna-50 2 Ranu Pal-50 3 Atasi roy-40 4 Jhunu Thapa-35 5 Pally Barua-35 6 Mita Nag-50 7 Abha Surana-50

Volunteers for Poori preparation 1 Ranu Pal 2 Anju Mishra 3 Jhunu Thapa 4 Bina Tembulkar 5 Subhamay Pramanik 6 Sandeep Kaur

Volunteers for Khichuri preparation 1 Ranu Pal 2 Anju Mishra 3 Subha Datta 4 Patrica Sabarwal

Different Committees Idol transportation Pradip Maity Dhananjay Pal Sanjay Mishra Apurba

Dutta_Ranjan Barua Subhamay Pramanik Subhajit Koleyand Satya Mandal

Puja preparation execution Debabrata Bhaduri Subhra Mallik Dolly

GangulyAmrintangshu Chakrabarty Mou Chakrabarty Ranu Pal

Chandi Path Ranjit Ganguly

Prasad distribution Sweta Chakrabarti Aditi Das Gupta and Dinah Dutta Artist transportation Prem Thapa Uday Tembulkar Priya Mishra Artist assistance Amitabh Choudhuri Soumen Paul Debshankar Mukhopadhyay

Event Coordinator Anju Mishra

Venue Preparation Sangeeta Garg Krishna Sharma Anju Mishra Patrica Sabarwal

Sangeeta Joshi

Photo Booth maintenance Shubhra Sharma Aruna Chawdhary Decoration Patrica Sabarwal Anju Mishra Avipsha Maity Sangeeta Garg

Puja flier Samalee Banerjee

Khichuri Ranu Pal Anju Mishra Patrica Sabarwal Shubha Datta

Beguni Dhananjay Pal

Poori Ranu Pal Anju Mishra Dhananjay Pal Sandeep Kaur Subhamay Pramanik

Food Serving Aarthi Ramprasad Prajna Dhar Suvajit Koley Mahasweta Banerjee

TeaCoffeeWater and drinks Ranjan Barua Prajna Dhar Pizza order Pally Barua Sandeep Kaur

Fund raising Sanjay Mishra Ranu Pal Dhananjay Pal

Magazine Ranu Pal Dhananjay Pal

Emergency Medical Personnel Sanjeev Kumar MD

Front Desk (tickets entry) Apurba Datta Suman Mallik Amit Singhal Sriram

Natarajan

Help anywhere Sanjay Mishra Subhamay Pramanik Suvajit Koley Apurba

Bhattarai Punam Rawal

BHOG Mahasweta Banerjee

Website Sujata Mallik

Face Book Avipsha Maity Amritangshu Chakrabarty

Serving the Life Science community since 1983

wwwmidscicom

800-227-9997

----------------------------------------------------------

9054 Metcalf Avenue Overland park KS 66212 Ph 913-901-8700

Hours Monday closed Tuesday-Saturday 1100 AM-800 PM

Sunday-1100 AM-600 PM All puja items are available

Now available Chat Express

িশয েিি হসিা একটট ঝকঝসক ২০-

২১ েছসরর রমসয় এসে েেসিা আমাসির োমসনর রটমেসি ওই দরসিাসকর োমসন ও-

মা রিসখা কাে দরসিাসকর র াি এসকোসর েিসি রগি হোে রযন ওনার োমসন কইন এমিজাসেথ এসে েসেসছন

এসকোসর আহলাসি গিগি রমসয়টট মকনত োসে খে গিসছ েসি মসন হসে না ইমে মস য ওসয়সেে এসে রগি রমসয়টট

রমন কাসিচর এপাো ওপাো খাসজ মক মক েে অিচার মিসিা দরসিাসকর খাোর রযমন কার রেমমন পসড় আসছ উমন খ

ে অননয় মেনয় কসর রমসয়টটসক মকছ েিসছ রমসয়টট রকাসনা পাততাই মিসে না

আমার খাওয়া মাথায় উেসিা পামপয়া েসিসছ রছাসটা গলপ মিেসের জসনয গলপ ররমি করসে রেটার মথম যমি এখান রথ

রক পাই োহসি আর আমায় রিসখ রক োমড় মেসর মিখসে আর কেিন েেরািং মসখ খাওয়া ছাড়া রচাখ কান পসরাপ

মর ওই রটমেসি েমপ চন করিাম রক জাসন অেম েয়েী রপরম মক না োজার করসে যাওয়া মাথায় উেসিা রেশ ইোসর

মসটিং রসটামর হসেরশষ না রিসখ নড়মছনা

রমসয়টট ইয়ািং রিখসে সমাটচ মকনত হাে াে রেশ রাে দরসিাক মকছ েিসছনরমসয়টট রকাসনা উততরই মিসে না একোর

রেি রোন একোর মক মরিং কখসনাো োইসরর মিসক োমকসয় রসয়সছ অথচ দরসিাক েসিই যাসেন রপরমািাপ হসে

নামক এে অননয় মেনয় মকসের

হোে রমসয়টট রেশ রজাসর আর রকসটসকসট েসি উেসিা

আই রটালড ইউ টাইম এে এসগন আই রিাে ওয়াে এমনমথিং েরম ইউ মপমরসয়ি রিাে েিার মম এমন রমার-

দরসিাক মক োর ার াসর এখন োর গিার সবরও একট উচচ পিচায় আসরা কাকমে মমনমে আসরা অননয় আমারই

মায়া িাগমছি ওনাসক রিসখ

--ইউ রিাে মনি োট আই িাইক ট মগ ইউ েমমথিং রহায়াট এোউট এন আইপযাি

--আই রিাে মনি এমন আইপযাি

--ইউ মনি ের ইসয়ার সকি-

--ইউ রিাে হযা ট মথঙক এেযাউট মাই সকি-মাই িাইে-মাই এনমথিং

--রহায়াট এোউট আপসেমিঙ ইওর রেি রোন ট আই রোন ৬

--রনা মিে রিাে েিার মম আই রিাে ওয়াে নামথিং েরম ইউ

নাটক রেশ জসম উসেসছ আমম আসসত আসসত খাঝে যাসে নাটসকর রশষ িসশযর আসগ আমার খাওয়া না রশষ হয় আ

মার রটমেসিও গজগজামন আরমভ হসয় রগসছ

ldquoএ াসে অসনযর েযাপাসর ই ে ডরপ করার মক িরকার এখন আর োজাসরর োড়া রনই নাযতত েে রমসয়মি েযাপার

rdquoআমম েখন মপসে মিসয়মছ কসিা কাসন মিসয়মছ কসিা এসেোসর নট নড়র চড়ররিমখ মক হয়

ইমেমস য রমসয়টটর খাোর এসে রগি একটা রেশ েড় েড় একটা রটক আউট

ওমা এখাসন েসে খাসেনা আমার মনটা একট িসম রগি

--ও রক আই হযা ট রগা- েসি রমসয়টট পযাসকটটট মনসয় রেমরসয় রগি

দরসিাসকর করর মসখর মিসক োমকসয় আমারই খারাপ িাগমছি হোে রিমখ রমসয়টট আোর মেসর এসিা রটমেসি

েসে ঝজসেে করি-

োই িা ওসয় রনকসট উইক ইে োিাে চ রি রহায়াট কযান আই ি ের ইউ রহায়াট েি আই োই ের ইউ রহায়াট ি ইউ

ওয়াে েরম মম

রটি মম রহায়াট েযি আই ি মামী িাে নট মমট মে ইউ

মেসের পরশামনত মসখ মনসয় দরসিাক রমসয়টটর হাে সর মসখর মিসক োমকসয় েিসিন আই রিাে মনি এমনমথিং মিয়ার

ইউ ইউ আর িা রেসট মগেট অে মাই িাইে আই িা ইউ

Editorial Board for Lawrenceutsav 2019 Fall Festival Magazine

Ranu Pal and Dhananjay Pal

Front cover page designed by Debraj Banerjee

Published by

Lawrenceutsav

2204 Riviera Dr Lawrence KS 66047

Disclaimer

The editorial board of this fall festival magazine and the members of the

Lawrenceutsav organization will not be held responsible in way now or in the future

for the accuracy and authenticity of any article or material published in the

magazine The contents published are the opinions of the authors If you have any

query regarding any published material you may contact the author directly The

Lawrenceutsav will not publish any comments regarding the individual

Fall festivalMSDP organizing committee

Sanjay Mishra Dhananjay Pal Ranjan Barua Apurba Datta Ranu Pal Anju Mishra

Pradip Maity and Avipsha Maity

Lawrenceutsav web-site design and maintenance Sujata Mallik

Facebook maintenance Avipsha Maity and Amritangshu Chakrabarty

List of volunteers for Sondesh 1 Dolly Ganguly-50 2 Suvra Mullick-50

3 Tripti Bhaduri-50

4 Gouri Choudhury-50

5 Debjani Roy Choudhury-50

6 Era Kole (Dasami puja)-30

7 Sonali Choudhury-40

List of volunteers for Chutney 1 Aruna Chaudari-for 30 people 2 Aditi Dasgupta for 40 people 3 Minati Dhar-for 45 people 4 Sarmistha Banerjee-for 45 people 5 Dipali Pal-for 45 people 6 Era Kole-for 30 people 7 Jayashri Saha-for 30 people 8 Konika Pal-30 people 9 Ranu Pal-40 people

List of volunteers for Misti Doi 1 Ranu Pal-(2 tray) 2 Anju Mishra-(2 tray) 3 Usha saha-(2 tray) 4 Avipsha Maity- (1 tray) 5 Sipra Ghosh (1 tray) 6 Pally Barua (1 tray)

List of volunteers for Nadu 1 Seebalee Manna-50 2 Ranu Pal-50 3 Atasi roy-40 4 Jhunu Thapa-35 5 Pally Barua-35 6 Mita Nag-50 7 Abha Surana-50

Volunteers for Poori preparation 1 Ranu Pal 2 Anju Mishra 3 Jhunu Thapa 4 Bina Tembulkar 5 Subhamay Pramanik 6 Sandeep Kaur

Volunteers for Khichuri preparation 1 Ranu Pal 2 Anju Mishra 3 Subha Datta 4 Patrica Sabarwal

Different Committees Idol transportation Pradip Maity Dhananjay Pal Sanjay Mishra Apurba

Dutta_Ranjan Barua Subhamay Pramanik Subhajit Koleyand Satya Mandal

Puja preparation execution Debabrata Bhaduri Subhra Mallik Dolly

GangulyAmrintangshu Chakrabarty Mou Chakrabarty Ranu Pal

Chandi Path Ranjit Ganguly

Prasad distribution Sweta Chakrabarti Aditi Das Gupta and Dinah Dutta Artist transportation Prem Thapa Uday Tembulkar Priya Mishra Artist assistance Amitabh Choudhuri Soumen Paul Debshankar Mukhopadhyay

Event Coordinator Anju Mishra

Venue Preparation Sangeeta Garg Krishna Sharma Anju Mishra Patrica Sabarwal

Sangeeta Joshi

Photo Booth maintenance Shubhra Sharma Aruna Chawdhary Decoration Patrica Sabarwal Anju Mishra Avipsha Maity Sangeeta Garg

Puja flier Samalee Banerjee

Khichuri Ranu Pal Anju Mishra Patrica Sabarwal Shubha Datta

Beguni Dhananjay Pal

Poori Ranu Pal Anju Mishra Dhananjay Pal Sandeep Kaur Subhamay Pramanik

Food Serving Aarthi Ramprasad Prajna Dhar Suvajit Koley Mahasweta Banerjee

TeaCoffeeWater and drinks Ranjan Barua Prajna Dhar Pizza order Pally Barua Sandeep Kaur

Fund raising Sanjay Mishra Ranu Pal Dhananjay Pal

Magazine Ranu Pal Dhananjay Pal

Emergency Medical Personnel Sanjeev Kumar MD

Front Desk (tickets entry) Apurba Datta Suman Mallik Amit Singhal Sriram

Natarajan

Help anywhere Sanjay Mishra Subhamay Pramanik Suvajit Koley Apurba

Bhattarai Punam Rawal

BHOG Mahasweta Banerjee

Website Sujata Mallik

Face Book Avipsha Maity Amritangshu Chakrabarty

Serving the Life Science community since 1983

wwwmidscicom

800-227-9997

----------------------------------------------------------

9054 Metcalf Avenue Overland park KS 66212 Ph 913-901-8700

Hours Monday closed Tuesday-Saturday 1100 AM-800 PM

Sunday-1100 AM-600 PM All puja items are available

Now available Chat Express

Editorial Board for Lawrenceutsav 2019 Fall Festival Magazine

Ranu Pal and Dhananjay Pal

Front cover page designed by Debraj Banerjee

Published by

Lawrenceutsav

2204 Riviera Dr Lawrence KS 66047

Disclaimer

The editorial board of this fall festival magazine and the members of the

Lawrenceutsav organization will not be held responsible in way now or in the future

for the accuracy and authenticity of any article or material published in the

magazine The contents published are the opinions of the authors If you have any

query regarding any published material you may contact the author directly The

Lawrenceutsav will not publish any comments regarding the individual

Fall festivalMSDP organizing committee

Sanjay Mishra Dhananjay Pal Ranjan Barua Apurba Datta Ranu Pal Anju Mishra

Pradip Maity and Avipsha Maity

Lawrenceutsav web-site design and maintenance Sujata Mallik

Facebook maintenance Avipsha Maity and Amritangshu Chakrabarty

List of volunteers for Sondesh 1 Dolly Ganguly-50 2 Suvra Mullick-50

3 Tripti Bhaduri-50

4 Gouri Choudhury-50

5 Debjani Roy Choudhury-50

6 Era Kole (Dasami puja)-30

7 Sonali Choudhury-40

List of volunteers for Chutney 1 Aruna Chaudari-for 30 people 2 Aditi Dasgupta for 40 people 3 Minati Dhar-for 45 people 4 Sarmistha Banerjee-for 45 people 5 Dipali Pal-for 45 people 6 Era Kole-for 30 people 7 Jayashri Saha-for 30 people 8 Konika Pal-30 people 9 Ranu Pal-40 people

List of volunteers for Misti Doi 1 Ranu Pal-(2 tray) 2 Anju Mishra-(2 tray) 3 Usha saha-(2 tray) 4 Avipsha Maity- (1 tray) 5 Sipra Ghosh (1 tray) 6 Pally Barua (1 tray)

List of volunteers for Nadu 1 Seebalee Manna-50 2 Ranu Pal-50 3 Atasi roy-40 4 Jhunu Thapa-35 5 Pally Barua-35 6 Mita Nag-50 7 Abha Surana-50

Volunteers for Poori preparation 1 Ranu Pal 2 Anju Mishra 3 Jhunu Thapa 4 Bina Tembulkar 5 Subhamay Pramanik 6 Sandeep Kaur

Volunteers for Khichuri preparation 1 Ranu Pal 2 Anju Mishra 3 Subha Datta 4 Patrica Sabarwal

Different Committees Idol transportation Pradip Maity Dhananjay Pal Sanjay Mishra Apurba

Dutta_Ranjan Barua Subhamay Pramanik Subhajit Koleyand Satya Mandal

Puja preparation execution Debabrata Bhaduri Subhra Mallik Dolly

GangulyAmrintangshu Chakrabarty Mou Chakrabarty Ranu Pal

Chandi Path Ranjit Ganguly

Prasad distribution Sweta Chakrabarti Aditi Das Gupta and Dinah Dutta Artist transportation Prem Thapa Uday Tembulkar Priya Mishra Artist assistance Amitabh Choudhuri Soumen Paul Debshankar Mukhopadhyay

Event Coordinator Anju Mishra

Venue Preparation Sangeeta Garg Krishna Sharma Anju Mishra Patrica Sabarwal

Sangeeta Joshi

Photo Booth maintenance Shubhra Sharma Aruna Chawdhary Decoration Patrica Sabarwal Anju Mishra Avipsha Maity Sangeeta Garg

Puja flier Samalee Banerjee

Khichuri Ranu Pal Anju Mishra Patrica Sabarwal Shubha Datta

Beguni Dhananjay Pal

Poori Ranu Pal Anju Mishra Dhananjay Pal Sandeep Kaur Subhamay Pramanik

Food Serving Aarthi Ramprasad Prajna Dhar Suvajit Koley Mahasweta Banerjee

TeaCoffeeWater and drinks Ranjan Barua Prajna Dhar Pizza order Pally Barua Sandeep Kaur

Fund raising Sanjay Mishra Ranu Pal Dhananjay Pal

Magazine Ranu Pal Dhananjay Pal

Emergency Medical Personnel Sanjeev Kumar MD

Front Desk (tickets entry) Apurba Datta Suman Mallik Amit Singhal Sriram

Natarajan

Help anywhere Sanjay Mishra Subhamay Pramanik Suvajit Koley Apurba

Bhattarai Punam Rawal

BHOG Mahasweta Banerjee

Website Sujata Mallik

Face Book Avipsha Maity Amritangshu Chakrabarty

Serving the Life Science community since 1983

wwwmidscicom

800-227-9997

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9054 Metcalf Avenue Overland park KS 66212 Ph 913-901-8700

Hours Monday closed Tuesday-Saturday 1100 AM-800 PM

Sunday-1100 AM-600 PM All puja items are available

Now available Chat Express

List of volunteers for Sondesh 1 Dolly Ganguly-50 2 Suvra Mullick-50

3 Tripti Bhaduri-50

4 Gouri Choudhury-50

5 Debjani Roy Choudhury-50

6 Era Kole (Dasami puja)-30

7 Sonali Choudhury-40

List of volunteers for Chutney 1 Aruna Chaudari-for 30 people 2 Aditi Dasgupta for 40 people 3 Minati Dhar-for 45 people 4 Sarmistha Banerjee-for 45 people 5 Dipali Pal-for 45 people 6 Era Kole-for 30 people 7 Jayashri Saha-for 30 people 8 Konika Pal-30 people 9 Ranu Pal-40 people

List of volunteers for Misti Doi 1 Ranu Pal-(2 tray) 2 Anju Mishra-(2 tray) 3 Usha saha-(2 tray) 4 Avipsha Maity- (1 tray) 5 Sipra Ghosh (1 tray) 6 Pally Barua (1 tray)

List of volunteers for Nadu 1 Seebalee Manna-50 2 Ranu Pal-50 3 Atasi roy-40 4 Jhunu Thapa-35 5 Pally Barua-35 6 Mita Nag-50 7 Abha Surana-50

Volunteers for Poori preparation 1 Ranu Pal 2 Anju Mishra 3 Jhunu Thapa 4 Bina Tembulkar 5 Subhamay Pramanik 6 Sandeep Kaur

Volunteers for Khichuri preparation 1 Ranu Pal 2 Anju Mishra 3 Subha Datta 4 Patrica Sabarwal

Different Committees Idol transportation Pradip Maity Dhananjay Pal Sanjay Mishra Apurba

Dutta_Ranjan Barua Subhamay Pramanik Subhajit Koleyand Satya Mandal

Puja preparation execution Debabrata Bhaduri Subhra Mallik Dolly

GangulyAmrintangshu Chakrabarty Mou Chakrabarty Ranu Pal

Chandi Path Ranjit Ganguly

Prasad distribution Sweta Chakrabarti Aditi Das Gupta and Dinah Dutta Artist transportation Prem Thapa Uday Tembulkar Priya Mishra Artist assistance Amitabh Choudhuri Soumen Paul Debshankar Mukhopadhyay

Event Coordinator Anju Mishra

Venue Preparation Sangeeta Garg Krishna Sharma Anju Mishra Patrica Sabarwal

Sangeeta Joshi

Photo Booth maintenance Shubhra Sharma Aruna Chawdhary Decoration Patrica Sabarwal Anju Mishra Avipsha Maity Sangeeta Garg

Puja flier Samalee Banerjee

Khichuri Ranu Pal Anju Mishra Patrica Sabarwal Shubha Datta

Beguni Dhananjay Pal

Poori Ranu Pal Anju Mishra Dhananjay Pal Sandeep Kaur Subhamay Pramanik

Food Serving Aarthi Ramprasad Prajna Dhar Suvajit Koley Mahasweta Banerjee

TeaCoffeeWater and drinks Ranjan Barua Prajna Dhar Pizza order Pally Barua Sandeep Kaur

Fund raising Sanjay Mishra Ranu Pal Dhananjay Pal

Magazine Ranu Pal Dhananjay Pal

Emergency Medical Personnel Sanjeev Kumar MD

Front Desk (tickets entry) Apurba Datta Suman Mallik Amit Singhal Sriram

Natarajan

Help anywhere Sanjay Mishra Subhamay Pramanik Suvajit Koley Apurba

Bhattarai Punam Rawal

BHOG Mahasweta Banerjee

Website Sujata Mallik

Face Book Avipsha Maity Amritangshu Chakrabarty

Serving the Life Science community since 1983

wwwmidscicom

800-227-9997

----------------------------------------------------------

9054 Metcalf Avenue Overland park KS 66212 Ph 913-901-8700

Hours Monday closed Tuesday-Saturday 1100 AM-800 PM

Sunday-1100 AM-600 PM All puja items are available

Now available Chat Express

Different Committees Idol transportation Pradip Maity Dhananjay Pal Sanjay Mishra Apurba

Dutta_Ranjan Barua Subhamay Pramanik Subhajit Koleyand Satya Mandal

Puja preparation execution Debabrata Bhaduri Subhra Mallik Dolly

GangulyAmrintangshu Chakrabarty Mou Chakrabarty Ranu Pal

Chandi Path Ranjit Ganguly

Prasad distribution Sweta Chakrabarti Aditi Das Gupta and Dinah Dutta Artist transportation Prem Thapa Uday Tembulkar Priya Mishra Artist assistance Amitabh Choudhuri Soumen Paul Debshankar Mukhopadhyay

Event Coordinator Anju Mishra

Venue Preparation Sangeeta Garg Krishna Sharma Anju Mishra Patrica Sabarwal

Sangeeta Joshi

Photo Booth maintenance Shubhra Sharma Aruna Chawdhary Decoration Patrica Sabarwal Anju Mishra Avipsha Maity Sangeeta Garg

Puja flier Samalee Banerjee

Khichuri Ranu Pal Anju Mishra Patrica Sabarwal Shubha Datta

Beguni Dhananjay Pal

Poori Ranu Pal Anju Mishra Dhananjay Pal Sandeep Kaur Subhamay Pramanik

Food Serving Aarthi Ramprasad Prajna Dhar Suvajit Koley Mahasweta Banerjee

TeaCoffeeWater and drinks Ranjan Barua Prajna Dhar Pizza order Pally Barua Sandeep Kaur

Fund raising Sanjay Mishra Ranu Pal Dhananjay Pal

Magazine Ranu Pal Dhananjay Pal

Emergency Medical Personnel Sanjeev Kumar MD

Front Desk (tickets entry) Apurba Datta Suman Mallik Amit Singhal Sriram

Natarajan

Help anywhere Sanjay Mishra Subhamay Pramanik Suvajit Koley Apurba

Bhattarai Punam Rawal

BHOG Mahasweta Banerjee

Website Sujata Mallik

Face Book Avipsha Maity Amritangshu Chakrabarty

Serving the Life Science community since 1983

wwwmidscicom

800-227-9997

----------------------------------------------------------

9054 Metcalf Avenue Overland park KS 66212 Ph 913-901-8700

Hours Monday closed Tuesday-Saturday 1100 AM-800 PM

Sunday-1100 AM-600 PM All puja items are available

Now available Chat Express

Serving the Life Science community since 1983

wwwmidscicom

800-227-9997

----------------------------------------------------------

9054 Metcalf Avenue Overland park KS 66212 Ph 913-901-8700

Hours Monday closed Tuesday-Saturday 1100 AM-800 PM

Sunday-1100 AM-600 PM All puja items are available

Now available Chat Express

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